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The Ethics of the Stoic Epictetus An English Translation (Revisioning
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The Ethics of the Stoic Epictetus An English Translation (Revisioning Philosophy, Vol 2) Unknown - 2000

by Adolf Friedrich Bonhoffer


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Born a slave, but later earning his freedom and founding a school for teaching Stoicism to the sons of Roman noblemen, Epictetus (c. 50-120 A.D.) has been a popular source of Stoic philosophy for centuries. Originally published in 1894 by the German scholar Adolf Bonhffer and here translated into English for the first time, this work remains the most systematic and detailed study of Epictetus' ethics. The basis, content, and acquisition of virtue are methodically described, while important related points in Stoic ethics are discussed in an extensive appendix. Epictetus is compared throughout with the other late Stoics (Seneca, Marcus Aurelius), Cicero, the early Stoics (Zeno, Cleanthes, Chrysippus), and Christian moral thought. This approach shows that Stoic ethics continues to have great practical and pedagogical value.

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  • Title The Ethics of the Stoic Epictetus An English Translation (Revisioning Philosophy, Vol 2)
  • Author Adolf Friedrich Bonhoffer
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  • Publisher Peter Lang Publishing
  • Date June 2000
  • ISBN 9780820451398

About the author

The Translator: William O. Stephens is an assistant professor of Philosophy at Creighton University. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The University of Pennsylvania. In addition to journal articles on the concepts of love, fate, and naturalism in Stoicism, he has published writings on environmental ethics, ethics and animals, and philosophical vegetarianism.
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The Ethics of the Stoic Epictetus: An English Translation (Revisioning Philosophy)

The Ethics of the Stoic Epictetus: An English Translation (Revisioning Philosophy)

by Bonhoffer, Adolf Friedrich; William O. Stephens, Translator

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