Publisher's Synopsis
Epictetus was a Greek stoic philosopher who was probably born a slave in Turkey. He lived most of his life in Rome until he was exiled to Greece. His pupil Arrian wrote down his discourses originally in 8 volumes of which 4 survived. The lectures were not written down verbatim, but were probably paraphrased by Arian. The earliest known manuscript is a 12th century manuscript located in the library at Oxford, England. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus is a collection of quotes attributed to Epictetus.
