Epictetus was born nearly 2,000 years ago in Hierapolis (present-day Pamukkale in Turkey) as a slave in a wealthy household. Epaphroditus, his owner, gave him the permission to...

The Enchiridion or Handbook of Epictetus is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus. Although the...

Tratto dalle lezioni che tenne presso la sua scuola nell’Epiro e redatto, insieme con i Colloqui, dal suo discepolo Arriano di Nicomedia, il Manuale di Epitteto contiene, in...