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A compact manual of Stoic ethical instruction offering clear, practical precepts for living. It emphasizes distinguishing what is within an individual's control—beliefs, desires, judgments—from external events, and prescribes training the will through disciplined assent, tolerance of hardship, and acceptance of fate. Short aphorisms and exercises teach how to manage impressions, moderate passions, fulfill social duties, and maintain equanimity amid loss, insult, or misfortune. The tone is prescriptive and pragmatic, focusing on everyday practices that cultivate inner freedom and moral resilience.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Epictetus: Life and Work

Arnim, Hans V., “Epictetos” in Pauli-Wissowa (ed), Real-Encyclopaedie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, VI, col. 126-131.
Arnold, E. V., “Epictetus” in Hastings, Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, 1912. Vol. V, pp. 323, 324.
Bonhoeffer, A., Epiktet und die Stoa. Stuttgart, 1890.
——, Ethik des Stoikers Epiktet. Stuttgart, 1894.
——, Epiktet und das Neue Testament. Giessen, 1911.
Bruns, Ivo, De schola Epicteti. Kiel, 1897.
Bultmann, Rudolf, “Das religiöse Moment in der ethischen Unterweisung des Epiktets und das Neue Testament,” Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde des Urchristentums, Vol. XIII, 1912; pp. 97-110; 177-191.
Colardeau, Th., Etude sur Epictète. Paris, 1903.
Hartmann, K., “Arrian und Epiktet,” Neue Jahrbücher für das klassische Altertum, Vol. XV, 1905.
Jagu, Amand, Epictète et Platon. Paris, 1944.
Lagrange, M. J., “La philosophie religieuse d’Epictète et le Christianisme,” Revue Biblique, Vol. IX, 1912; pp. 5-21, 192-212.
Oldfather, W. A., “Introduction” to Epictetus, “Loeb Classics,” Vol. I.
Souilhé, J., “Introduction” to Entretiens. Paris, 1943.
Weber, Louis, “La morale d’Epictète et les besoins présents de l’enseignment moral,” Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale, 1905, pp. 830-858; 1906, pp. 342-360; 1907, pp. 327-347; 1909, pp. 203-326.

Main Works on Stoicism and Related Problems

Arnold, E. V., Roman Stoicism. Cambridge, E., 1911.
Bevan, E., Stoics and Sceptics. Oxford, 1913.
Brochard, V., Etudes de philosophie ancienne et de philosophie moderne, Paris, 1912.
Hicks, R. D., Stoic and Epicurean. New York, 1910.
Martha, C., Les moralistes sur l’Empire Romain. Paris, 1886.
Murray, Gilbert, Stoic, Christian, Humanist. London, 1940.
Robin, L., La morale antique. Paris, 1938, pp. 57, 130, 152, 167.
Wendland, Paul, Philo und die cynisch-stoische Diatribe. Berlin, 1895.
——, Die hellenistische Kultur in ihren Beziehungen zum Judentum und Christentum. Tübingen, 1912.
Zanta, L., La renaissance du Stoicisme au XVIième siècle. Paris, 1914.
Zeller, E., The Stoics, Epicureans, and Sceptics. London, 1892.

Influence of Stoicism

Busson, Henry, La pensée religieuse Française de Charron à Pascal. Paris, 1933. Chap. VIII: Stoiciens et Epicuriens, pp. 379-429.
Dilthey, Wilhelm, Gesammelte Werke, Vol. II. “Einfluss der Stoa auf die Ausbildung des natürlichen Systems der Geisteswissenschaften,” pp. 153-162; “Anthropologie, Stoa und natürliches System im XVII. Jahrhundert,” pp. 439-457.
Groethuysen, Bernard, Philosophische Anthropologie. München, 1928. (Chap. “Die römisch-griechische Lebensphilosophie.”)
Rand, B., The Life, Letters, etc. of Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury. London, 1900.
Saunders, Jason L., Justus Lipsius. The Philosophy of Renaissance Stoicism. New York, 1955.
Wenley, R. M., Stoicism and Its Influence. New York, 1927.