A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion


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Selection of text from the four-volume work by Epictetus commonly referred to as the Discourses. The sections are mostly quite short but packed with wisdom and hard earned experience. Also included is the Encheiridion ("Manual"), a summary of theoretical and applied Stoicism. (7 hr 28 min)

Chapters

Biographical Note 8:25 Read by TriciaG
Of the Things Which Are in Our Power and Not in Our Power 4:08 Read by D. Scott Warren
How a Man Can on Every Occasion Maintain His Proper Character 2:12 Read by D. Scott Warren
How a Man Should Proceed from the Principle of God Being the Father to All the … 2:30 Read by D. Scott Warren
Of Progress or Improvement 7:51 Read by D. Scott Warren
Against the Academics 1:37 Read by D. Scott Warren
OF PROVIDENCE 7:36 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
HOW FROM THE FACT THAT WE ARE AKIN TO GOD A MAN MAY PROCEED TO THE CONSEQUENCES 3:12 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
OF CONTENTMENT. 6:31 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
HOW EVERYTHING MAY BE DONE ACCEPTABLY TO THE GODS 2:00 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
WHAT PHILOSOPHY PROMISES 2:38 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE ERRORS (FAULTS) OF OTHERS 4:48 Read by AstroLyon
HOW WE SHOULD BEHAVE TO TYRANTS 4:46 Read by CadenB
AGAINST THOSE WHO WISH TO BE ADMIRED 1:19 Read by CadenB
ON PRÆCOGNITIONS 4:37 Read by CadenB
HOW WE SHOULD STRUGGLE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES 2:57 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
ON THE SAME 5:17 Read by Adrian Stephens
IN HOW MANY WAYS APPEARANCES EXIST, AND WHAT AIDS WE SHOULD PROVIDE AGAINST THEM 4:56 Read by Adrian Stephens
THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH MEN; AND WHAT ARE THE SMALL AND THE GREAT TH… 7:55 Read by Adrian Stephens
ON CONSTANCY (OR FIRMNESS) 10:26 Read by Adrian Stephens
THAT CONFIDENCE (COURAGE) IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH CAUTION 9:54 Read by Adrian Stephens
OF TRANQUILLITY (FREEDOM FROM PERTURBATION) 5:36 Read by Adrian Stephens
HOW MAGNANIMITY IS CONSISTENT WITH CARE. 6:35 Read by Adrian Stephens
OF INDIFFERENCE 5:26 Read by Adrian Stephens
HOW WE OUGHT TO USE DIVINATION 9:25 Read by Adrian Stephens
THAT WHEN WE CANNOT FULFIL THAT WHICH THE CHARACTER OF A MAN PROMISES, WE ASSUM… 7:02 Read by Adrian Stephens
HOW WE MAY DISCOVER THE DUTIES OF LIFE FROM NAMES. 6:31 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
WHAT THE BEGINNING OF PHILOSOPHY IS 7:22 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
OF DISPUTATION OR DISCUSSION 2:30 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
ON ANXIETY (SOLICITUDE) 7:04 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
TO NASO 4:27 Read by Phil Schempf
TO OR AGAINST THOSE WHO OBSTINATELY PERSIST IN WHAT THEY HAVE DETERMINED. 6:03 Read by seanmcwilliamsvo
THAT WE DO NOT STRIVE TO USE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT GOOD AND EVIL 6:03 Read by CadenB
HOW WE MUST ADAPT PRECONCEPTIONS TO PARTICULAR CASES 2:27 Read by CadenB
HOW WE SHOULD STRUGGLE AGAINST APPEARANCES 6:28 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
OF INCONSISTENCY. 4:37 Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
ON FRIENDSHIP 8:39 Read by realisticspeakers
ON THE POWER OF SPEAKING 8:46 Read by realisticspeakers
TO (OR AGAINST) A PERSON WHO WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO WERE NOT VALUED (ESTEEMED) BY… 4:49 Read by realisticspeakers
THAT LOGIC IS NECESSARY. 1:16 Read by realisticspeakers
OF FINERY IN DRESS 3:20 Read by Sonia
IN WHAT A MAN OUGHT TO BE EXERCISED WHO HAS MADE PROFICIENCY; AND THAT WE NEGLE… 6:39 Read by Sonia
WHAT IS THE MATTER ON WHICH A GOOD MAN SHOULD BE EMPLOYED, AND IN WHAT WE OUGHT… 4:35 Read by Sonia
MISCELLANEOUS 1:55 Read by Sonia
TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FREE CITIES WHO WAS AN EPICUREAN 5:15 Read by Sonia
HOW WE MUST EXERCISE OURSELVES AGAINST APPEARANCES 3:18 Read by Adrian Stephens
TO A CERTAIN RHETORICIAN WHO WAS GOING UP TO ROME ON A SUIT 6:06 Read by Adrian Stephens
IN WHAT MANNER WE OUGHT TO BEAR SICKNESS 7:05 Read by seanmcwilliamsvo
ABOUT EXERCISE 3:12 Read by seanmcwilliamsvo
WHAT SOLITUDE IS, AND WHAT KIND OF PERSON A SOLITARY MAN IS 4:59 Read by Adrian Stephens
CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 3:02 Read by Adrian Stephens
THAT WE OUGHT TO PROCEED WITH CIRCUMSPECTION TO EVERYTHING 4:05 Read by Daniel William Bader
THAT WE OUGHT WITH CAUTION TO ENTER INTO FAMILIAR INTERCOURSE WITH MEN. 3:45 Read by Daniel William Bader
ON PROVIDENCE 2:15 Read by Daniel William Bader
ABOUT CYNICISM 8:44 Read by Daniel William Bader
THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE MOVED BY A DESIRE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT IN OUR … 17:11 Read by TriciaG
TO THOSE WHO FALL OFF (DESIST) FROM THEIR PURPOSE 2:39 Read by Adrian Stephens
TO THOSE WHO FEAR WANT 5:47 Read by Adrian Stephens
ABOUT FREEDOM 19:39 Read by Adrian Stephens
ON FAMILIAR INTIMACY. 1:27 Read by TriciaG
WHAT THINGS WE SHOULD EXCHANGE FOR OTHER THINGS 4:32 Read by Adrian Stephens
TO THOSE WHO ARE DESIROUS OF PASSING LIFE IN TRANQUILLITY. 9:03 Read by Phil Schempf
AGAINST THE QUARRELSOME AND FEROCIOUS 11:48 Read by realisticspeakers
AGAINST THOSE WHO LAMENT OVER BEING PITIED 3:55 Read by realisticspeakers
ON FREEDOM FROM FEAR 7:07 Read by realisticspeakers
TO A PERSON WHO HAD BEEN CHANGED TO A CHARACTER OF SHAMELESSNESS 1:19 Read by AstroLyon
WHAT THINGS WE OUGHT TO DESPISE AND WHAT THINGS WE OUGHT TO VALUE 6:06 Read by AstroLyon
ABOUT PURITY (CLEANLINESS) 6:05 Read by AstroLyon
ON ATTENTION 5:06 Read by AstroLyon
AGAINST OR TO THOSE WHO READILY TELL THEIR OWN AFFAIRS. 5:28 Read by AstroLyon
THE ENCHEIRIDION: 1 - 10 9:39 Read by AstroLyon
THE ENCHEIRIDION: 11 - 20 7:56 Read by AstroLyon
THE ENCHEIRIDION: 21 - 30 12:47 Read by AstroLyon
THE ENCHEIRIDION: 31 - 40 13:49 Read by AstroLyon
THE ENCHEIRIDION: 41 - 52 12:04 Read by AstroLyon