Epictetus laid out this dichotomy in the opening sentence of The Enchiridion, a collection of his core teachings compiled by ...

180, 234–36. Stoic ethics and moral autonomy are well discussed in Long, Epictetus, chaps. 7–8. 34. Epictetus, Enchiridion, trans. George Long (New York: Prometheus Books, 1991), p. 11. See also the ...

For an ungainly introvert like myself, the book’s premise was irresistible: Epictetus had written a how-to-adult handbook — a ...