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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

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