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The Stoic Wisdom of Epictetus: Practical Lessons from the Enchiridion for Modern Life
Paperback
Publisher Price: $21.95
ISBN13: 9781961963993
Publisher: Novus Liber
Published: May 15 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Epictetus was born a slave. He died one of the most influential philosophers in history.
He never wrote a word. What survived came from a student who took notes during his lectures - not polished arguments, but direct instructions for people living under real pressure: how to think clearly, how to hold position, how to stop being pulled apart by things outside your control.
This book brings you directly into those instructions.
Each selected passage is paired with a clear explanation and a direct application, built around the principles Epictetus returned to in every lesson.
Inside, you'll discover:
✔️ Why it's never the event that disturbs you - and what actually does
✔️ How impressions hijack your thinking - and the one move that stops them
✔️ The hidden cost of wanting things you can't control
✔️ How to act with consistency when outcomes are uncertain and people are difficult
Each chapter focuses on one rule of his system and shows how it operates in real situations - conflict, setbacks, difficult decisions, emotions that arrive before reason does.
This is a book to open when pressure is already present and use rather than admire. If you want a way of thinking that holds up when circumstances don't - this book was written for you.
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