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What Would Stoics Do

Epictetus · c. 50 – c. 135 CE

Fragments

Translation by George Long (1877) · 139 passages

Short sayings of Epictetus preserved by later anthologists, chiefly Stobaeus — terse lines on fortune, wealth, self-command and freedom.

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Edition
The Discourses of Epictetus; with the Encheiridion and Fragments, translated by George Long (1877)
Status
Tier A: Public domain in the UK and the US. Translator died 1879: public domain in the UK and the US.
Attribution
Epictetus, Enchiridion and Fragments, tr. George Long (1877). Text: Standard Ebooks (CC0).
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Standard Ebooks (opens in a new tab) · CC0 1.0 (Standard Ebooks dedicates its own contributions to the public domain)

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