Introduction ; 1. The relevance of moral theory to moral improvement in Epictetus ; 2. Epictetus and logic ; 3. Epictetus and Stoic theology ; 4. The philosopher as God's messenger ; 5. Epictetus on Cynicism ; 6. Epictetus on proairesis and self ; 7. Death is a bugbear; Socratic 'epode' and Epictetus' philosophy of the self ; 8. Epictetus on freedom; parallels between Epictetus and Wittgenstein ; 9. Epictetus on moral perspectives ; 10. A notion of a person in Epictetus ; Bibliography ; Index

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Theodore Scaltsas is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Edinburgh University Andrew S. Mason is Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College London

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The range of topics in Epictetus covered by the essays is usefully wide...the volume as a whole is a welcome and sure to be lasting contribution to our understanding of Epictetus.
*William O. Stephens, Ancient Philosophy*

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