{"product_id":"discourses-and-selected-writings-isbn-9780140449464","title":"Discourses and Selected Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite being born into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time. \u003ci\u003eDiscourses and Selected Writings\u003c\/i\u003e is a transcribed collection of informal lectures given by the philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage of Koine or “common” Greek, an ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.EpictetusIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eNote on the Translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Discourses\u003cbr\u003eFragments\u003cbr\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Names\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpictetus \u003c\/b\u003e(c. AD 55–135) was a teacher and Greco-Roman philosopher. Originally a slave from Hierapolis in Anatolia (modern Turkey), he was owned for a time by a prominent freedman at the court of the emperor Nero. After gaining his freedom he moved to Nicopolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece and opened a school of philosophy there. His informal lectures (\u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e) were transcribed and published by his student Arrian, who also composed a digest of Epictetus's teaching known as the \u003ci\u003eManual \u003c\/i\u003e(or \u003ci\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Dobbin\u003c\/b\u003e received a PhD in classics from the University of California, Berkeley, and taught history and classics at the college level. He is the translator and editor of Epictetus's \u003ci\u003eDiscourses and Selected Writings\u003c\/i\u003e for Penguin Classics, as well as an author of articles on Virgil, Plato, and Pythagoras. He works as a book editor in Northern California.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303405834469,"sku":"NP9780140449464","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140449464.jpg?v=1767725183","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/discourses-and-selected-writings-isbn-9780140449464","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}