A review by katietran96
Discourses, Fragments, Handbook by Christopher Gill, Epictetus, Robin Hard

4.0

I think the "Handbook" section should have been presented first and before the Discourses and Fragments. In this edition, "Handbook" is presented last. "Handbook" introduces Epictetus' idea of "sphere of choice" and what is inside and outside of our "sphere of choice." The idea that we should only focus our efforts on what is inside our sphere of choice and that we ought to train ourselves to be indifferent to what is outside our sphere of choice is repeated throughout the Discourses and Fragments, so it would have been nice to have some sort of an introduction to this concept beforehand. The Handbook has a brief description of what Epictetus means by sphere of choice, so I just think, to make this work more accessible to readers, that "Handbook" ought to have been placed first. But just my opinion.