Stoicism · c. 50 — c. 135 CE
Epictetus
Freedom begins in judgment.
Hierapolis · Rome · Nicopolis
Reading guides
A thread to guide your reading.
Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
Separate your choice from the outcome
Read Handbook 1 and 5 without turning the distinction into a promise of total emotional control.
HandbookUnderstand roles without becoming passive
Use Discourses II.10 and III.2 to connect personal freedom with practical obligations to others.
DiscoursesRead a quotation without inventing a lost book
Follow two sayings through Marcus Aurelius and learn what indirect evidence can and cannot establish.
Fragments and Testimonies