The Discourses of Epictetus - Fragments - (My Narration & Notes)

These are the fragmentary remains of books 5-8 of the Discourses of Epictetus.
The Discourses are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down by his pupil Arrian around 108 AD. Four books out of an original eight are still extant. The philosophy of Epictetus is intensely practical. He directs his students to focus attention on their opinions, anxieties, passions and desires, so that "they may never fail to get what they desire, nor fall into what they avoid." True education lies in learning to distinguish what is our own from what does not belong to us, and in learning to correctly assent or dissent to external impressions. The purpose of his teaching was to make people free and happy.
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Timings:
Start - 0:00
Chapters I-V: 0:02
Chapters VI-X: 5:06
Chapters XI-XX: 12:05
Chapters XXI-XXVIII: 18:32
Doubtful and Spurious Fragments XXIX-XXXVI: 24:55
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Book on Amazon: geni.us/DiscoursesOfEpictetus (affiliate link) | Audible geni.us/DiscoursesOnAudible Chapters I-V: 0:02 Chapters VI-X: 5:06 Chapters XI-XX: 12:05 Chapters XXI-XXVIII: 18:32 Doubtful and Spurious Fragments XXIX-XXXVI: 24:55

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59 seconds in, and this has got to be the first time I disagreed whole heartedly with Epictetus. That’s some anti-intellectualism there. Look at how much we’ve learned and profited from science in just the past 200 years, and how much that knowledge of the natural universe has not only benefited us materially, but philosophically as well. I reject any notion of “ignorant good, smart bad”.I get that Epicureans and Stoics were opposed to each other, but even Seneca was willing to quote a bad author if the line was good.