Preface Note on the Translation Introduction Handbook Discourses Preface 1.1: What is and is not up to us 1.2: How to preserve conformity with one''s role in every situation 1.3: How one may proceed from the fact that God is the father of humankind to its consequences 1.4: On progress 1.5: Against the Academics 1.6: On providence 1.7: On the use of changing arguments, hypothetical arguments, and the like 1.
8: That our faculties are not without danger for uneducated people 1.9: How one may proceed from the fact of our kinship with God to its consequences 1.10: To those who are intent on advancement at Rome 1.11: On family affection 1.12: On contentment 1.13: How to do whatever we do in a way that pleases the gods 1.14: That the Deity watches over us all 1.15: The prospect held out by philosophy 1.
16: On providence 1.17: On the indispensability of logic 1.18: That one should not get angry with people for their mistakes 1.19: The proper attitude to have toward tyrants 1.20: On reason and its ability to examine itself 1.21: To those who want to be admired 1.22: On preconceptions 1.23: Against Epicurus 1.
24: How to combat difficult circumstances 1.25: The same topic 1.26: What is the law of life? 1.27: How many ways are there for impressions to arise, and what resources should we have ensured that we have at hand to help us with them? 1.28: That we ought not to get angry with people, and what is trivial or important in human life 1.29: On self-possession 1.30: What we should have at hand in difficult circumstances 2.1: That confidence and caution are not incompatible 2.
2: On tranquility 2.3: To those who recommend people to philosophers 2.4: To a man who had once been caught in adultery 2.5: How are greatness of mind and carefulness compatible? 2.6: On indifference 2.7: The correct way to go about divination 2.8: The essence of goodness 2.9: That despite our inability to fulfill our potential as human beings, we assume the mantle of philosophy as well 2.
10: How the names that a person bears reveal what behavior is appropriate for him 2.11: The starting point of philosophy 2.12: On argument 2.13: On anxiety 2.14: To Naso 2.15: To those who cling obstinately to certain of their decisions 2.16: That in practice we fail to apply our judgments about what is good and bad 2.17: How to apply preconceptions to particular cases 2.
18: How to combat impressions 2.19: To those who take up philosophy just to enhance their conversation 2.20: Against the Epicureans and Academics 2.21: On inconsistency 2.22: On friendship 2.23: On rhetoric 2.24: To someone who Epictetus thought did not have what it takes 2.25: On the indispensability of logic 2.
26: What is it that makes a mistake a mistake? 3.1: On personal adornment 3.2: The training a person needs if he is to progress, and that we neglect what is most important 3.3: What the material is that a good person works with, and what the primary orientation of one''s training should be 3.4: To someone who expressed immoderate support in the theater 3.5: To those who quit school because of illness 3.6: A miscellany 3.7: To the Corrector responsible for the free Greek cities, who was an Epicurean 3.
8: How we should train ourselves to deal with impressions 3.9: To an orator who was on his way to Rome for a lawsuit 3.10: How to bear illness 3.11: A miscellany 3.12: On training 3.13: What loneliness is and the kind of person who is lonely 3.14: A miscellany 3.15: That we should approach everything with circumspection 3.
16: That venturing into company requires caution 3.17: On providence 3.18: That there is no need for news to worry us 3.19: How a non-philosopher''s stance differs from that of a philosopher 3.20: That it is possible to turn every external circumstance to good account 3.21: To people who too readily set out to become lecturers 3.22: On Cynicism 3.23: To those who give readings and lectures just to be admired 3.
24: On the necessity of not being attached to things that are not up to us 3.25: To those who fail to see their projects through to completion 3.26: To those who fear destitution 4.1: On freedom 4.2: On social intercourse 4.3: What should be exchanged for what 4.4: To those who are intent on living a quiet life 4.5: Against those who are pugnacious and fierce 4.
6: To those who find the pity of others distressful 4.7: On freedom from fear 4.8: To those who rush to assume the guise of philosophers 4.9: To someone who had lapsed into shamelessness 4.10: What we should treat as unimportant and what should matter to us 4.11: On cleanliness 4.12: On paying attention 4.13: On those who too readily share personal information Fragments Notes Textual Notes Recommended Reading Index.