Epictetus, The Discourses, Book 1.30: What Should We Have At Hand In Difficult Circumstances? How do we prepare for life’s difficulties? As we all know, life is a string of events. Some happen in accordance with our hopes and desires, some spare us from the things we wish to avoid, Read more
Epictetus, The Discourses, Book 1.23: That We Should Not Be Angry With Others; And What Things Are Great, And What Small, Amongst Men? Why should we not be angry with others? Discourse 1.28 follows the conversation Epictetus had in Discourse 1.27 on impression and the importance of right judgment. He Read more
Epictetus, The Discourses, Book 1.27 Understanding our impressions and knowing how to deal with them is key in Stoic philosophy. They say that the only good is Virtue and that we must live in accordance with Nature, but all of that falls flat if we can’t perceive the world as Read more
“Far more important is the law of life, that we must do what follows from nature.” Epictetus, The Discourses, Book 1, Chapter 26.1 As with many things in Stoic philosophy, the theory can be explained simply. Here Epictetus manages it in one sentence. The difficulty lies in the application to Read more
The Discourses of Epictetus, Book 1.25: On the Same Subject. “If these things are true, and we are not stupid or acting a part when we say that good or ill for man lies in choice, and that all else is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?” Epictetus, Read more
The Discourses of Epictetus, Book 1.24: How Should We Struggle Against Difficulties? You can find more Epictetus quotes here. How do we deal with difficulties in our lives? We all face them and some are worse than others. This is a big topic in Stoic philosophy because the Stoics knew Read more
The Discourses of Epictetus, Book 1.23: Against Epicurus Is the wise person a social being? What is our obligation to society? Can we remove ourselves from our duties because they would cause us distress? According to Epicurus, that’s exactly what we should do. In this discourse, Epictetus takes on these Read more
The Discourses of Epictetus, Book 1.22: On Preconceptions Where is the good? How can we align our preconceptions with nature and have them examine the good of life? In this discourse of Epictetus, as recorded by Arrian, we are asked to look at our preconceptions. Our Stoic teacher starts by Read more
Delve into the discourse by Epictetus and unravel the meaning and impact of admiration. Understand the impact this praise has on our lives.
Explore how reason can contemplate itself and its role in Stoicism. Discover why it is a fundamental topic and how it deals with impressions.