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Discourses and Selected Writings

Auteur(s): Epictetus, Robert Dobbin
Narrateur(s): Richard Goulding
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Richard Goulding, best known for Me Before You, The Iron Lady and The Windsors.

Epictetus, a Greek stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicropolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. Together with the Enchiridion, a manual of his main ideas, and the fragments collected here, The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature. In this personal, practical guide to the ethics of stoicism and moral self-improvement, Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, illness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical world.

Public Domain (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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A must read. IMO the “source” of other books from authors such as Ryan Holiday or other modern “Stoicism” writings where the the Root of Consciousness’s (“God”) influence has been left out, but cannot be ruled out.

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Engaging and illuminating but incomplete

Epictetus' Discourses and the Enchiridion are justly famous philosophical works, if not as well known as Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

Goulding's narration is very engaging and hits the exact tone I imagine in my head when reading the text. No complaints at all on that front.

However, the translation leaves some to be desired if you want a little more rigour. One notable example is how, when Epictetus is rebuking some member of his audience, the narration has him call them "idiot." This gets the sense more or less right, but the word is more accurately translated "slave." Today, of course, we wouldn't use this as an insult. But Epictetus was himself enslaved, until he was manumitted fairly late in life. And he makes a distinction between being enslaved as a social status versus making oneself a slave to others' whims by caring about things not under one's control. So the rebuke has that nuance as well.

The text also is significantly abridged. This is normal in audiobooks, unless they specifically say "unabridged."

It's particularly annoying that no translator is credited, other than to note that it's a public domain translation. So I assume this is a gloss on either Long or Oldfather's translation; I can't tell which.

If this is your entry point to Stoicism, more power to you! It gets the important parts right, and presents the language in a vivid, powerful way, and made more accessible to a modern audience. I just hope listeners will develop a curiosity to check out the full text.

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