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Epictetus: The Discourses and Enchiridion

Free material for Epictetus: the complete Enchiridion to print, the eighteen working terms on one sheet, four ways into the Discourses, and the passages Marcus Aurelius demonstrably read.

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  • The Enchiridion, complete

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    All fifty-two chapters of Arrian's handbook in George Long's 1877 translation, set two columns to a page. The whole of Stoicism's best-known short text, free to print and keep.

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  • The working terms

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    The eighteen words Epictetus uses technically and English hides — will, appearance, assent, preconception, the ruling faculty — each with Long's own rendering and where to find it.

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  • Four ways in

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    Where to start depending on why you picked the book up, with the chapter numbers so it works with any edition, and what is in each of the seven thematic parts.

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  • What Marcus Aurelius read

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    Marcus thanks Junius Rusticus for lending him Epictetus. George Long translated both books and marked where they touch. Four passages verified present, and the two Long cites that are not in his own selection — listed, because a table that hides its gaps is worth less.

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About this material

Epictetus died around 135 and George Long, whose translation this is, died in 1879, so the text on these sheets is in the public domain everywhere (source: Project Gutenberg #10661). The glossary, the reading paths and the concordance are Valice Press's own writing.

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