The Enchiridion

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The little book by Epictetus called _Enchiridion_ or “manual” has played a disproportionately large role in the rise of modern attitudes and modern philosophy. As soon as it had been translated into the vernacular languages, it became a bestseller among independent intellectuals, among anti-Christian thinkers, and among philosophers of a subjective cast. Montaigne had a copy of the _Enchiridion_ among his books. Pasc…

Details

• AuthorEpictetus
• SourceProject Gutenberg #45109
• Length10,948 words
• Chapters52
• DictionaryNot yet generated
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

52 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

1. 01NOTE ON THE TEXT
2. 02INTRODUCTION
3. 03ALBERT SALOMON
4. 04SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
5. 05THE ENCHIRIDION
6. 06II
7. 07III
8. 08IV
9. 09VI
10. 10VII
11. 11VIII
12. 12IX
13. 13XI
14. 14XII
15. 15XIII
16. 16XIV
17. 17XV
18. 18XVI
19. 19XVII
20. 20XVIII
21. 21XIX
22. 22XX
23. 23XXI
24. 24XXII
25. 25XXIII
26. 26XXIV
27. 27XXV
28. 28XXVI
29. 29XXVII
30. 30XXVIII
31. 31XXIX[2]
32. 32XXX
33. 33XXXI
34. 34XXXII
35. 35XXXIII
36. 36XXXIV
37. 37XXXV
38. 38XXXVI
39. 39XXXVII
40. 40XXXVIII
41. 41XXXIX
42. 42XL
43. 43XLI
44. 44XLII
45. 45XLIII
46. 46XLIV
47. 47XLV
48. 48XLVI
49. 49XLVII
50. 50XLVIII
51. 51XLIX
52. 52LI

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