Reviews

Enchiridion and Selections from the Discourses of Epictetus by Epictetus

jgauthier's review against another edition

3.0

There are a few golden nuggets of wisdom hidden within a large mass of repetition. Worth a quick skim, but don't expect anything surprising or novel Stoicism-wise: most of the points made in this book are also mentioned in the Enchiridion, Meditations, etc. If you're just jumping into Stoicism there are better books to start with (check out my "stoicism" shelf!).

csd17's review against another edition

4.0

Love, love, love the philosophy of it. If only more people understood this truth.

sarahkelly's review

5.0

Another tiny little book with great, useful information on living a good life.

tikaro's review

3.0

I have GOT to stop giving the Stoics "just one more chance", man. And I have to stop grading on a curve because it's so old. It's like the bad parts of Buddhism wrapped up in the legalistic nitpicking of a ten-year-old arguing about their bedtime. That's it, stoics, we are never, ever, ever getting back together.

jordi's review

4.0

Libro muy corto. Tipico estilo de la epoca donde idea es un pequeño parrafo. Es muy sencillo para seguirlo, marcarlo y releer los capitulos mas intersantes.

Me gusta la idea de que todo realmente son tus opiniones, no es que el mundo te haga sufrir, es que tu estas sufriendo, etc.
No me gusta la idea de tener que hacer lo que tienes que hacer. Hoy en dia es practicamente lo contrario, tienes que hacer tantas cosas distintas como puedas.