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The Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55 – c. 135 CE) came originally from Asia Minor and was a slave in Rome under Epaphroditus, one of Nero's ministers. He attended the lectures of the Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus in Rome, at some point gained his freedom, and initially lectured in Rome but fled in the wake of Domitian's ban against philosophers (c. 92-3 CE). He went on to found his own philosophical school in Nicopolis, Greece, which attracted many famous visitors, including the emperor Hadrian.

Epictetus is regularly referred to as the author of two works, the Dissertationes (Discourses) and the Enchiridion (Handbook, Manual) although they are in fact both are the work of his pupil Arrian, the noted historian. The Dissertationes contains lively records of discussions with students and visitors that supposedly took place in Epictetus's classroom, sometime around 108 CE. The Enchridion is a short summary distilling the central ideas found in the Dissertationes. Four books of the Dissertationes survive out of an original eight or perhaps even twelve (cf. Photius, Bibliotheca cod. 58, who refers to eight books of discourses (Diatribai) and twelve books of conversations (Homiliai); these could be different titles for the same work), and there are a number of fragments from the lost books preserved by other authors.

Key works

Epictetus has been edited and translated numerous times. The best recent translation of all his works is Hard & Gill 2014.
Introductions

The best introduction to the thought of Epictetus is Long 2002. The essays in Scaltsas & Mason 2007 are all by leading scholars and examine topics in more detail. Graver 2009 offers a much shorter but well-informed overview. For a fuller annotated guide to work on Epictetus see Sellars 2016.

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  1. Stoic Lessons in Liberation: Epictetus as Educator. William O. Stephens - manuscript details
  2. Epictetus on Beastly Vices and Animal Virtues. William Stephens - April 2014 - In Dane R. Gordon & David B. Suits (eds.), Epictetus: His Continuing Influence and Contemporary Relevance. Rochester, NY, USA: Rochester Institute of Technology Press. pp. 207–239. details
  3. Hume's Real Riches. Charles Goldhaber - 2022 - History of Philosophy Quarterly 39 (1):45–57. details
  4. Let It Go? Elsa, Stoicism, and the "Lazy Argument". Brendan Shea - 2022 - AndPhilosophy.Com: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. details
  5. The (Meta)Politics of Thinking: On Arendt and the Greeks. Jussi Backman - 2021 - In Kristian Larsen & Pål Rykkja Gilbert (eds.), Phenomenological Interpretations of Ancient Philosophy. Brill. pp. 260-282. details
  6. Psychological Disease and Action-Guiding Impressions in Early Stoicism. Simon Shogry - 2021 - British Journal for the History of Philosophy 29 (5):784-805. details
  7. Epictetus and Prayer - (K.M.) Landefeld Die Gebetslehre Epiktets. Form, Inhalt Und Funktionen der Gebete Epiktets Im Kontext der Antiken Gebetstradition. (Orbis Antiquus 54.) Pp. VIII + 224. Münster: Aschendorff, 2020. Paper, €36. Isbn: 978-3-402-14463-3.[REVIEW] William O. Stephens - 2021 - The Classical Review 71 (1):72-74. details
  8. Reassessing Epictetus' Opinion of Divination. Erlend D. MacGillivray - 2020 - Apeiron 53 (2):147-160. details
  9. Stoic Cosmopolitanism and Environmental Ethics. Simon Shogry - 2020 - In Kelly Arenson (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy. pp. 397-409. details
  10. Akrasia in Epictetus: A Comparison with Aristotle. Michael Tremblay - 2020 - Apeiron 53 (4):397-417. details
  11. Ética E Atitude Filosófica Em Epicteto. Diogo da Luz - 2019 - Prometeus: Filosofia em Revista 11 (29). details
  12. The Phenomenal-Intentional Nature of Happiness: A Contemporary Approach to Epictetus and Stoicism. Allan Arturo González Estrada - 2019 - Siwô' Revista De Teología/Revista De Estudios Sociorreligiosos 12 (1):133-149. details
  13. Digestion and Moral Progress in Epictetus. Michael Tremblay - 2019 - Journal of Ancient Philosophy 13 (1):100-119. details
  14. More or Less Within My Power: Nature, Virtue, and the Modern Stoic. Christian Coseru - 2018 - Reason Papers 40 (2):8-18. details
  15. Diferenciación entre la libertad/esclavitud metafísica y la libertad/esclavitud jurídico-político-social: Cicerón, Séneca y Epicteto. Francisco Miguel Ortiz Delgado - 2018 - Revista de Filosofía UIS 17 (2):85-108. details
  16. La philía y la guerra en la filosofía de la historia epicteteana. Francisco Miguel Ortiz Delgado - 2018 - Cuadernos de Filosofía 2 (71):19-32. details
  17. A Psicologia de Epicteto. Diogo Luz - 2018 - Polymatheia 11 (18):90-112. details
  18. Exercícios Filosóficos em Epicteto. Diogo Luz - 2018 - Intuitio 11 (2):17-33. details
  19. Nature and Utopia in Epictetus' Theory of Oikeiōsis. Sara Magrin - 2018 - Phronesis 63 (3):293-350. details
  20. Necessity, Possibility and Determinism in Stoic Thought. Vanessa de Harven - 2016 - In Max Cresswel, Edwin Mares & Adriane Rini (eds.), Logical Modalities from Aristotle to Carnap: The Story of Necessity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 70-90. details
  21. The Stoics on Fate and Freedom. Tim O'Keefe - 2016 - In Meghan Griffith, Neil Levy & Kevin Timpe (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Free Will. Routledge. pp. 236-246. details
  22. Brian E. Johnson, The Role Ethics of Epictetus. Stoicism in Ordinary Life. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014, Pp. Xv+216. Gretchen Reydams-Schils - 2016 - Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 98 (3):364-368. details
  23. Epictetus, Dissertationes 1.18.10. John Sellars - 2016 - Classical Quarterly 66 (1):410-413. details
  24. Epictetus. John Sellars - 2016 - Oxford Bibliographies in Classics. details
  25. Stoicism at War: From Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius to James Stockdale. Konrad Banicki - 2015 - In Tadeusz Marian Ostrowski, Iwona Sikorska & Krzysztof Gerc (eds.), Resilience and Health in a Fast-Changing World. Jagiellonian University Press. pp. 47-58. details
  26. The Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Stoicism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Existentialism. Kim Diaz & Edward Murguia - 2015 - Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies 15 (1):39-52. details
  27. Epictetus on the Epistemology of the Art of Living. Jeffrey Fisher - 2015 - Apeiron 48 (1):20-44. details
  28. 'Proairesis', 'Proairetic' and 'Aproairetic': Synopsis of All the Passages Containing These Terms in the 'Discourses' and the 'Manual' of Epictetus. Franco Scalenghe - 2015 - International Journal of Philosophy 3 (3):24. details
  29. Discourses, Fragments, Handbook. Epictetus . - 2014 - Oxford University Press UK. details
  30. Foucault on Askesis in Epictetus: Freedom Through Determination. Christopher Davidson - 2014 - In Dane R. Gordon & David B. Suits (eds.), Epictetus: His Continuing Relevance and Contemporary Relevance. pp. 41-53. details
  31. Discourses, Fragments, Handbook. Epictetus - 2014 - Oxford University Press. details
  32. Epictetus's Moral Epistemology. Jeffrey Fisher - 2014 - In David B. Suits & Dane R. Gordon (eds.), Epictetus: His Continuing Influence and Contemporary Relevance. Rochester, NY, USA: RIT Press. pp. 77-87. details
  33. Epictetus: His Continuing Influence and Contemporary Relevance. Dane R. Gordon & David B. Suits (eds.) - 2014 - RIT Press. details
  34. Roman Political Thought: From Cicero to Augustine. Dean Hammer - 2014 - Cambridge University Press. details
  35. Epictetus: Discourses, Fragments, Handbook. Robin Hard & Christopher Gill (eds.) - 2014 - Oxford University Press. details
  36. On The "Art of Living" in Epictetus. Germán Meléndez - 2014 - Eidos: Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad Del Norte 20:271-310. details
  37. The Stoic Account of Apprehension. Tamer Nawar - 2014 - Philosophers' Imprint 14:1-21. details
  38. How It's Not the Chrisippus You Read: On Cooper, Hadot, Epictetus, and Stoicism as a Way of Life. Matthew Sharpe - 2014 - Philosophy Today 58 (3):367-392. details
  39. Leonard Cohen as a Guide to Life. Brendan Shea - 2014 - In Jason Holt (ed.), Leonard Cohen and Philosophy: Various Positions. Open Court. pp. 3-15. details
  40. Epictetus on Fearing Death: Bugbear and Open Door Policy. W. O. Stephens - 2014 - Ancient Philosophy 34 (2):365-391. details
  41. Epictetus and Moral Apprehensive Impressions in Stoicism. Pavle Stojanovic - 2014 - In Dane R. Gordon & David B. Suits (eds.), Epictetus: His Continuing Influence and Contemporary Relevance. Rochester, NY, USA: pp. 165-195. details
  42. Stoicism's Integration Problem and Epictetus' Metaphors. Scott F. Aikin - 2013 - Southwest Philosophy Review 29 (1):185-193. details
  43. On Some Rhetorical-pedagogical Strategies in Epictetus' Discourses Concerning Proairesis. Rodrigo Sebastian Braicovich - 2013 - Eidos: Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad Del Norte 19:39-56. details
  44. The Role Ethics of Epictetus: Stoicism in Ordinary Life. Brian Earl Johnson - 2013 - Lexington Books. details
  45. Paul and Epictetus on Law: A Comparison. By Niko Huttunen. Pp. X, 187, Library of New Testament Studies 405, T & T Clark, London, 2009, £60.00.[REVIEW] Geoffrey Turner - 2013 - Heythrop Journal 54 (1):147-148. details
  46. Delimiting a Self by God in Epictetus. Jula Wildberger - 2013 - In Jörg Rüpke & Greg Woolf (eds.), Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. pp. 23-45. details
  47. Paraenesis and Argument in Arrian's Dissertations of Epictetus. Jula Wildberger - 2013 - In Michael Erler (ed.), Argument und literarische Form in antiker Philosophie. Berlin; New York: De Gruyter. pp. 411-434. details
  48. An Unexamined Life is Not Worth Experiencing by Man:" Socratic" Variations in Epictetus. Marcelo D. Boeri - 2012 - Kriterion: Journal of Philosophy 53 (125):81-102. details
  49. Una vida sin examen no merece ser vivida por el hombre: variaciones "socráticas" en Epicteto. Marcelo D. Boeri - 2012 - Kriterion: Journal of Philosophy 53 (125):81-102. details
  50. Critical Assent, Intellectualism, and Repetition in Epictetus. Rodrigo Sebastián Braicovich - 2012 - Apeiron 45 (4):314-337. details

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