Excerpt from Discourses of Epictetus: Selections The date of his birth and death are um known, but it is claimed by some that he returned to Rome in the reign of Hadrian, in which case he must have lived to an extreme old age. Three topics are mentioned by Epic tetus upon which the whole of the Stoic philosophy was based: the Desires and Aversions, the Pursuits and Avoidances, and the Assents of the understanding. The Desires and Aversions were simple affections of the mind, Good always being the object of Desire, and ...
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Excerpt from Discourses of Epictetus: Selections The date of his birth and death are um known, but it is claimed by some that he returned to Rome in the reign of Hadrian, in which case he must have lived to an extreme old age. Three topics are mentioned by Epic tetus upon which the whole of the Stoic philosophy was based: the Desires and Aversions, the Pursuits and Avoidances, and the Assents of the understanding. The Desires and Aversions were simple affections of the mind, Good always being the object of Desire, and Evil the object of Aversion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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