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Discourses II
The Practice of Virtue
The second volume of Epictetus's full teachings. Developing character through discipline, courage, and justice in everyday life.
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26 chapters
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That confidence (courage) is not inconsistent with caution.
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Of tranquillity (freedom from perturbation).
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To those who recommend persons to philosophers.
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Against a person who had once been detected in adultery.
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How magnanimity is consistent with care.
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Of indifference.
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How we ought to use divination.
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What is the nature of the Good
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That when we cannot fulfil that which the character of a man promises, we assume the character of a philosopher.
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How we may discover the duties of life from names.
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What the beginning of philosophy is.
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Of disputation or discussion.
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On anxiety (solicitude).
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To Naso.
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To or against those who obstinately persist in what they have determined.
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That we do not strive to use our opinions about good and evil.
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How we must adapt preconceptions to particular cases.
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How we should struggle against appearances.
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Against those who embrace philosophical opinions only in words.
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Against the Epicureans and Academics.
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Of inconsistency.
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On friendship.
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On the power of speaking.
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To (or against) a person who was one of those who were not valued (esteemed) by him.
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That logic is necessary.
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What is the property of error.