Epictetus Audio & Video

The Enchiridion (or "Handbook") is a classic philosophical text that collects Epictetus' core ethical teachings.

Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known - the word epiktetos in Greek simply means “acquired.”

Epictetus, one of the greatest of the ancient thinkers, believed that the primary mission of philosophy...

Aphorisms from the Stoic Greek.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Richard Goulding, best known for Me Before You, The Iron Lady and The Windsors.

The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 108 AD.

Philosophical discourses of Epictetus as recorded by his affectionate student, Arrian. One main precept expounded is that we do not fear events but rather our thoughts about those events.

Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison.

Born into slavery in the first century AD, Epictetus was a leading Greek philosopher of the Stoic school.