Epictetus: Discourses, Book 1

Zusatztext The translation is lucid! accurate! and spare: a worthy vehicle for the direct Greek of Epictetus's "diatribes" Klappentext Robert Dobbin presents a new translation into clear modern English of the first book of Epictetus' Discourses! accompanied by the first ever commentary on the work in English. The Discourses! composed around AD 100! are a key source for ancient Stoicism! one of the most influential schools of thought in Western philosophy. Zusammenfassung Robert Dobbin presents a new translation into clear modern English of the first book of Epictetus' Discourses, accompanied by the first ever commentary on the work in English. The Discourses, composed around AD 100, are a key source for ancient Stoicism, one of the most influential schools of thought in Western philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Translation; Commentary; Bibliography; Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Robert F. Dobbin
• Assisted by: Robert F. Dobbin (Editor), Dobbin Robert F. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2007
• EAN: 9780199235995
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923599-5
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers; Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Literary essays, Philosophy: logic, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500