How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life

by Epictetus

Book Overview

A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophy

Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How to Be Free, A. A. Long--one of the world's leading authorities on Stoicism and a pioneer in its remarkable contemporary revival--provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691177716
• ISBN13: 9780691177717
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.8" x 6.9"