21. The Manual A modern (colloquial) rendering of the Enchiridion of epictetus. http://www.ideonautics.com/manual2.htm

Ideonautics Corporation presents THE MANUAL or, How to Control Everything You Can a modern rendering of the Enchiridion of Epictetus by Stephen Walton Foreword Slender it is, but enduring and powerful enough that it does deserve to be called the manual. The sayings of a Graeco-Roman philosopher who lived what he taught some 1900 years ago, the Enchiridion ("manual" or "handbook") of Epictetus has been deservedly popular with emperors and kings, thinkers and doers, ever since. This "pagan" work has twice been adapted by Christian paraphrasers, and about two- thirds of it was included in the rule of the Carthusian order. A lame ex-slave, Epictetus lived from about 50 to 130 A.D. He was a standard bearer of the Stoic tradition, which dates from around 300 B.C. and nominates Socrates and the Cynic Diogenes as its ancestors. Epictetus published nothing himself; fortunately, he had a pupil who took good notes, and we have not only The Manual but also the much longer Moral Discourses. The Manual is the short version of what Epictetus taught, a Cliff's Notes of Stoic principles. Given the established merits of the original work, the form it takes here is the only open question. What follows is a rendering of The Manual into modern, colloquial English. Since I know little Greek, I have based the rendering on translations, those by Carter and Long, that are now in the common domain. A pop version like this can be justified, I believe, if it is clearly labeled as such and if it wins readers who might otherwise never know the work in any form. Anyone who goes on to one of the actual translations (listed after the text) will prove that the rendering has been useful.

22. Epictetus A brief discussion of the life and works of epictetus, with links to electronic texts and additional information. http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/epit.htm

Philosophy Pages Search Dictionary Study Guide ... Locke Epictetus Life and Works Stoicism Bibliography Internet Sources Even though he was born a slave in Hierapolis and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus held that all human beings are perfectly free to control their lives and to live in harmony with nature. After intense study of the traditional Stoic curriculum (established by Zeno of Citium and Chrysippus ) of logic, physics, and ethics, Epictetus spent his entire career teaching philosophy and promoting a daily regime of rigorous self-examination. He eventually gained his freedom, but was exiled from Rome by Domitian in 89. Epictetus's pupil Arrianus later collected lecture notes from the master and published them as the Discourses . The more epigrammatic Encheiridion , or Manual represents an even later distillation of the same material. From a fundamental distinction between our ability to think or feel freely and our lack of control over external events or circumstances, Epictetus derived the description of a calm and disciplined life . We can never fail to be happy, he argued, if we learn to desire that things should be exactly as they are.

23. Epictetus — Infoplease.com Encyclopedia epictetus. epictetus (epiktē't u s) , c. A.D. 50–c. A.D. 138, Phrygian Stoic philosopher. He wrote nothing, but his teachings were set down by his disciple Arrian in the http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817479.html

24. Epictetus - Wikiquote If a man would pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Epictetus

Epictetus From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search If a man would pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows. Epictetus (c. - c. AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher . The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known. The word epiktetos in Greek simply means "acquired." Contents Sourced Discourses The Enchiridion (c. 135) Golden Sayings of Epictetus ... edit Sourced edit Discourses To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable. Book I, ch. 2 "But to be hanged—is that not unendurable?" Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs himself. Book I, ch. 2 When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing? Book I, ch. 14 No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Book I, ch. 15

25. Epictetus Quotes epictetus Quotes and Quotations. We have the best collection of Famous Quotes by epictetus. http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/epictetus_quotes.html

26. Epictetus | Ask.com Encyclopedia epictetus (Greek Ἐπίκτητος; AD 55–AD 135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey), and lived in Rome until http://www.ask.com/wiki/Epictetus?qsrc=3044

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28. Epictetus (Greek Philosopher) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia epictetus (Greek philosopher), ad 55probably at Hierapolis, Phrygia now Pamukkale, Turkeyc. 135Nicopolis, Epirus Greece Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics, remembered http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/189728/Epictetus

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29. Ancient Roman Philosophy Discourses By Epictetus A selection from the Discourses of epictetus, ancient Roman philosopher who was born 60 AD, on surrender and the will of God. http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_Volume_I/ancie

30. Epictetus - Stoics And The Moral Philosophy Of Epictetus Words of wisdom from the Stoic philosopher and freed slave epictetus http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa010400a.htm

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31. Academia Epictete Diplomas universitarios por convalidaci n de competencias y reconocimiento de experiencia profesional. http://www.epictetus-college.org/

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Intending to encourage people to improve their lives, Epictetus.Com is a home for those interested in Information and Items relating to Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. LEARN ABOUT A GREAT CHICAGO BLUES BAND, Chris Dooley and the Dooley Blues!! Epictetus was a humble, Stoic Philosopher from the 1st and 2nd Century A.D. Born into slavery, he showed such promise that his prominent Roman owner allowed Epictetus to take lessons from the greatest Stoic teacher of the age, Musonius Rufus. He eventually gained his freedom, was banished from Rome with the other philosophers and lived out the remainder of his life teaching at his philosophical school in Nicopolis (NW Greece, in the Prefecture of Preveza). Living to be what Lucian called "a marvelous old man", Epictetus always rejoiced in his freedom and praised God in gratitude. Epictetus wrote a beautiful hymn of praise which went like this: "Great is God, that He hath furnished us these instruments wherewith we shall till the earth. Great is God, that He hath given us hands, and power to swallow, and a belly, and power to grow unconsciously, and to breathe while asleep.

33. Epictetus [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy] Eminent Stoic philosopher, born as a slave at Hieropolis in Phyrgia in 55 CE. http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/epictetu.htm

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy A B C ... Z Epictetus (55–135 CE) Epictetus (pronounced Epic-TEE-tus) was an exponent of Stoicism who flourished in the early second century C.E. about four hundred years after the Stoic school of Zeno of Citium was established in Athens. He lived and worked, first as a student in Rome, and then as a teacher with his own school in Nicopolis in Greece. Our knowledge of his philosophy and his method as a teacher comes to us via two works composed by his student Arrian, the Discourses and the Handbook . Although Epictetus based his teaching on the works of the early Stoics (none of which survives) which dealt with the three branches of Stoic thought, logic, physics and ethics, the Discourses and the Handbook concentrate almost exclusively on ethics. The role of the Stoic teacher was to encourage his students to live the philosophic life, whose end was eudaimonia eudaimonia ataraxia (imperturbability), apatheia (freedom from passion), eupatheiai sophos phantasiai ), which in outline involves not judging as good or bad anything that appears to one. For the only thing that is good is acting virtuously (that is, motivated by virtue), and the only thing that is bad is the opposite, acting viciously (that is, motivated by vice). Someone who seeks to make progress as a Stoic (a

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35. Epictetus Quotes epictetus He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/epictetus132944.html

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37. Epictetus - LoveToKnow 1911 epictetus (born c. A.D. 60), Greek philosopher, was probably a native of Hierapolis in southwest Phrygia. The name epictetus is merely the Greek for acquired (from E1rLKraaOat http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Epictetus

Epictetus From LoveToKnow 1911 EPICTETUS (born c. A.D. 60), Greek philosopher, was probably a native of Hierapolis in south-west Phrygia . The name Epictetus is merely the Greek for "acquired" (from E1rLKraaOat); his original name is not known. As a boy he was a slave in the house of Epaphroditus, a freedman and courtier of the emperor Nero . He managed, however, to attend the lectures of the Stoic Musonius Rufus , and subsequently became a freedman. He was lame and of weakly health. In, 90 he was expelled with the other philosophers by Domitian , who was irritated by the support and encouragement which the opposition to his tyranny found amongst the adherents of Stoicism. For the rest of his life he settled at Nicopolis , in southern Epirus , not far from the scene of the battle of Actium . There for several years he lived, and taught by close earnest personal address and conversation. According to some authorities he lived into the time of Hadrian ; he himself mentions the coinage of the emperor Trajan . His contemporaries and the next generation held his character and teaching in high honour. According to Lucian , the earthenware lamp which had belonged to the sage was bought by an antiquarian for 3000 drachmas. He was never married. He wrote nothing; but much of his teaching was taken down with affectionate care by his pupil Flavius Arrianus, the historian of

38. Epictetus - New World Encyclopedia epictetus (c. 55 C.E. – c. 135 C.E.) was a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived and taught in the Greek city of Nicopolis almost four hundred years after Zeno of Citium http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Epictetus

Epictetus From New World Encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Previous (Epic of King Gesar) Next (Epicureanism) Epictetus, Greek philosopher Epictetus (c. 55 C.E. – c. 135 C.E. ) was a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived and taught in the Greek city of Nicopolis almost four hundred years after Zeno of Citium established the first Stoic school in Athens. His thought paralleled the teachings of the early Stoics, but he developed a new system for teaching his students to practice Stoicism in their daily lives. Stoicism deals with three major areas; logic natural philosophy (physics), and ethics . Epictetus focused his teachings mostly on ethics. Epictetus himself apparently did not write, but one of his students, the historian Arrian, wrote two works, Enchiridion (Handbook) and the Discourses , based on notes that he made from his teacher’s lectures and interactions with students. Although four of the eight sections of Discourses seem to have been lost, these works lay out Epictetus’ teachings in careful detail. He believed the role of a Stoic teacher was to show his students how to strive for moral excellence and thus achieve eudaimonia happiness ’ or ‘flourishing’). This could be accomplished by taking responsibility for one’s actions and thoughts, and learning to accept fate with the right attitude. Epictetus also emphasized the role of destiny and divine providence in the lives of men.

39. Epictetus Information Philosopher is dedicated to the new Information Philosophy, with explanations for Freedom, Values, and Knowledge. http://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/epictetus/

Introduction Knowledge Value Freedom ... Afterword Citation for this page in APA citation style. Close document.write("Web site "); document.write(location.href); document.write(""); Site Map Glossary The I-Phi Blog About I-Phi ... Member directory Philosophers Mortimer Adler Rogers Albritton Alexander of Aphrodisias G.E.M.Anscombe ... Susan Wolf Scientists Michael Arbib Bernard Baars John S. Bell Charles Bennett ... Ernst Zermelo Philosophers Mortimer Adler Rogers Albritton G.E.M.Anscombe Thomas Aquinas ... Philosophers > Epictetus Epictetus The Stoic Epictetus famously believed that his mind was free even if his body was enslaved, and this was enough freedom for him. The Stoic word for freedom, ἐλευθερία, emphasizes the freedom from external coercion that modern compatibilists argue is the only freedom in the idea of voluntary actions and "free will." But long before the Stoics, Aristotle had used " depends on us " (ἐφ’ ἡμῖν), to describe the kind of internal freedom Epictetus prized. Epictetus knew that some actions in the world were external to his will and out of his control. Like all Stoics, he said we should not be bothered by anything out of our control. Our emotions should only respond to things that we can control, that depend on us, and these he called προαίρεσις.

40. Golden Sayings Of Epictetus Words of wisdom from epictetus golden sayings gracious gifts epictetus divine power img src http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_epictetus.htm

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