{"product_id":"simplicius-on-epictetus-handbook-1-26-9781472558060","title":"Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'[Simplicius'] moral interpretation of Epictetus is preserved in the library of nations, as a classic book, most excellently adapted to direct the will, to purify the heart, and to confirm the understanding, by a just confidence in the nature both of God and man.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward Gibbon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This book, written by a \"pagan\" philosopher, makes the most Christian impression conceivable. The betrayal of all reality through morality is here present in its fullest splendour - pitiful psychology, the philosopher is reduced to a country parson. And Plato is to blame for all of it! He remains Europe's greatest misfortune!'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFredrich Nietzsche \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf these two rival reactions the favourable one was most common. Epictetus' \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e on ethics was used in Christian monasteries, and Simplicius' commentary on it was widely available up to the nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003eThe commentary gives us a fascinating chance to see how a pagan Neoplatonist transformed Stoic ideas, adding Neoplatonist accounts of theology, theodicy, providence, free will and the problem of evil. \u003cbr\u003eThis translation of the Commentary on the \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003eis published in two volumes. This is the first, covering chapters 1-26; the second covers chapters 27-53.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Brittain is Associate Professor at the Department of Classics, Cornell University. \u003cbr\u003eTad Brennan is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515331580178,"sku":"9781472558060","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb423bf6-17a7-407c-995a-d8211a4d321a.jpg?v=1731002968","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/simplicius-on-epictetus-handbook-1-26-9781472558060","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}