Discourses: Book 1

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by Epictetus

Table Of Content

1: Of the things which are under our control and not under our control 2: How may a man preserve his proper character upon every occasion?3: From the thesis that God is the father of mankind how may one proceed to the consequences?4: Of progress 5: Against the Academics 6: Of providence 7: Of the use of equivocal premisses, hypothetical arguments and the like 8: That the reasoning faculties, in the case of the uneducated, are not free from error 9: How from the thesis that we are akin to God may a man proceed to the consequences?10: To those who have set their hearts on preferment at Rome 11: Of family affection 12: Of contentment 13: How may each several thing be done acceptably to the gods?14: That the Deity oversees all men 15: What does philosophy profess?16: Of providence 17: That the art of reasoning is indispensable 18: That we ought not to be angry with the erring 19: How ought we to bear ourselves toward tyrants?20: How the reasoning faculty contemplates itself 21: To those who would be admired 22: Of our preconceptions 23: In answer to Epicurus 24: How should we struggle against difficulties?25: Upon the same theme 26: What is the rule of life?27: In how many ways do the external impressions arise, and what aids should we have ready at hand to deal with them?28: That we ought not to be angry with men; and what are the little things and the great among men?29: Of steadfastness 30: What aid ought we to have ready at hand in difficulties?

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