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Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26 Charles Brittain

Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26 By Charles Brittain

Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26 by Charles Brittain


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Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26 by Charles Brittain

'[Simplicius'] moral interpretation of Epictetus is preserved in the library of nations, as a classic book, most excellently adapted to direct the will, to purify the heart, and to confirm the understanding, by a just confidence in the nature both of God and man.' Edward Gibbon 'This book, written by a pagan philosopher, makes the most Christian impression conceivable. The betrayal of all reality through morality is here present in its fullest splendour - pitiful psychology, the philosopher is reduced to a country parson. And Plato is to blame for all of it! He remains Europe's greatest misfortune!' Fredrich Nietzsche Of these two rival reactions the favourable one was most common. Epictetus' Handbook on ethics was used in Christian monasteries, and Simplicius' commentary on it was widely available up to the nineteenth century. The commentary gives us a fascinating chance to see how a pagan Neoplatonist transformed Stoic ideas, adding Neoplatonist accounts of theology, theodicy, providence, free will and the problem of evil. This translation of the Commentary on the Handbook is published in two volumes. This is the first, covering chapters 1-26; the second covers chapters 27-53.

About Charles Brittain

Charles Brittain is Associate Professor at the Department of Classics, Cornell University. Tad Brennan is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Yale University.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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NLS9781472558060
9781472558060
1472558065
Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26 by Charles Brittain
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2014-04-10
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