Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 27-53

by Simplicius, Tad Brennan, Charles Brittain

Book Overview

The Enchiridion or Handbook of the first-century AD Stoic Epictetus was used as an ethical treatise both in Christian monasteries and by the sixth-century pagan Neoplatonist Simplicius. Simplicius chose it for beginners, rather than Aristotle's Ethics, because it presupposed no knowledge of logic. We thus get a fascinating chance to see how a pagan Neoplatonist transformed Stoic ideas. The text was relevant to Simplicius because...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472557360
• ISBN13: 9781472557360
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"