Epiktet, Seneca, Marc Aurel

How to Be a Stoic

Übersetzer: Dobbin, Robert; Hammond, Martin; Costa, C.D.N.

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Produktbeschreibung

'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen'

How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control? These words of consolation and inspiration from the three great Stoic philosophers - Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius - offer ancient wisdom on how to face life's adversities and live well in the world.

One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Great Ideas
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK / Penguin Classics
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 481716
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 180mm x 113mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 80g
• ISBN-13: 9780241475263
• ISBN-10: 0241475260
• Artikelnr.: 59914524

Autorenporträt

Epictetus (c. 55-135 CE) was a teacher and Stoic philosopher. Originally a slave from Hierapolis in Anatolia (modern Turkey), he moved to Nicopolis on the Adriatic coast of Greece after gaining his freedom and opened a school of philosophy there. His informal lectures (the Discourses) were transcribed and published by his student Arrian, who also composed a digest of Epictetus' teaching known as the Manual (or Enchiridion). Late in life Epictetus retired from teaching, adopted an orphan child and lived out his remaining years in domestic obscurity. His influence has been deep and enduring, from Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations to the contemporary psychologist Albert Ellis, who has acknowledged his debt to Epictetus in devising the school of Rational-Emotive Behavioural Therapy.