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Freed after the death of Nero, he studied under the Stoic teacher Musonius Rufus and we... Free [ Sign in to read now ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fepictetus%2Fworks%2Fthe-discourses-of-epictetus) Share Link copied Format epub Rating No reviews yet ![The Discourses of Epictetus](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kshvjf0wrgybtz2hf2mch2wv/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260923%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260923T120119Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=61a57aca79055d3459a7738796999e7c13cc1dc18582528e867e656ef77b3502) ## About this work The Discourses of Epictetus by Epictetus. A SELECTION FROM THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS WITH THE ENCHEIRIDION TRANSLATED BY GEORGE LONG CONTENTS. EPICTETUS (BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE). A SELECTION FROM THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS. THE ENCHEIRIDION, OR MANUAL. EPICTETUS. Very little is known of the life of… Sample ## Take a look inside A SELECTION FROM THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS WITH THE ENCHEIRIDION TRANSLATED BY GEORGE LONG CONTENTS. EPICTETUS (BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE). A SELECTION FROM THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS. THE ENCHEIRIDION, OR MANUAL. EPICTETUS. Very little is known of the life of Epictetus. It is said that he was a native of Hierapolis in Phrygia, a town between the Maeander and a branch of the Maeander named the Lycus. Hierapolis is mentioned in the epistle of Paul to the people of Colossae (Coloss. iv., 13); from which it has been concluded that there was a Christian church in Hierapolis in the time of the apostle. The date of the birth of Epictetus is unknown. The only recorded fact of his early life is that he was a slave in Rome, and his master was Epaphroditus, a profligate freedman of the Emperor Nero. There is a story that the master broke his slave’s leg by torturing him; but it is better to trust to the evidence of Simplicius, the commentator on the Encheiridion, or Manual, who says that Epictetus was weak in body and lame from an early age. It is not said how he became a slave; but it has been asserted in modern times that the parents sold the child. I have not, however, found any authority for this statement. It may be supposed that the young slave showed intelligence, for his master sent or permitted him to attend the lectures of C. Musonius Rufus, an eminent Stoic philosopher. It may seem strange that such a master should have wished to have his slave made into a philosopher; but Garnier, the author of a “Mémoire sur les Ouvrages d’Epictète,” explains this matter very well in a communication to Schweighaeuser. 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