The freed slave Epictetus wrote nothing; his lectures at Nicopolis survive through the notes of his pupil Arrian. T. W. Rolleston arranges the Encheiridion with chosen passages from the Discourses and Fragments under clear headings: the beginning of philosophy, the master-faculty, the nature of the good, the game of life, and what lies in our own power.
A handy, well-ordered way into Stoicism, for readers who have enjoyed Marcus Aurelius or Seneca. Download the free EPUB.