{"product_id":"discourses-and-selected-writings-9780140449464","title":"Discourses and Selected Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite being born into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time. \u003ci\u003eDiscourses and Selected Writings\u003c\/i\u003e is a transcribed collection of informal lectures given by the philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage of Koine or \"common\" Greek, an ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpictetus \u003c\/b\u003e(c. AD 55-135) was a teacher and Greco-Roman philosopher. Originally a slave from Hierapolis in Anatolia (modern Turkey), he was owned for a time by a prominent freedman at the court of the emperor Nero. After gaining his freedom he moved to Nicopolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece and opened a school of philosophy there. His informal lectures (\u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e) were transcribed and published by his student Arrian, who also composed a digest of Epictetus's teaching known as the \u003ci\u003eManual \u003c\/i\u003e(or \u003ci\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Dobbin\u003c\/b\u003e received a PhD in classics from the University of California, Berkeley, and taught history and classics at the college level. He is the translator and editor of Epictetus's \u003ci\u003eDiscourses and Selected Writings\u003c\/i\u003e for Penguin Classics, as well as an author of articles on Virgil, Plato, and Pythagoras. He works as a book editor in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50583078043922,"sku":"9780140449464","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12e007e3-423b-4228-93e7-1888f4058734.jpg?v=1764072941","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/discourses-and-selected-writings-9780140449464","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}