Phil Guides — Understanding the Enchiridion
Visual First-Read Edition
A study guide to The Enchiridion by Epictetus
An original illustrated companion. It quotes Epictetus and is not the complete text of The Enchiridion.
Each section works the same way. A figure carries the argument; beneath it the treatise is quoted word for word, with the lines the quotation came from; then a short note explains what to look for. Read the figure first.
The quotations are from George Long's translation. They are short by design: this is a guide to the work, not a copy of it. Read it alongside the treatise if you want the complete text.
This edition includes:
- Original study notes for each chapter
- Original diagrams that map arguments, characters, and structure
- Original charts summarizing themes and comparisons
Contents
What is in our power — The division, and the first easy cases
Wishing things as they are — Desire and aversion retrained
What it costs, and how it looks — The price counted before starting
Duties measured by relations — Where the handbook tells you what to do
The drill — Short exercises: appetite, judgement, other people
What a philosopher does not say — The stages of progress, and the close