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Epictetus: Discourses (Books 1-2) [1]
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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOtmDKD BY JAMES LOEB,

I

IX.D.

KDITED BT tT. E, PAGE, +

E.

CAPPS,

L, A.

POST,

PH.D., LL.D.

M.A.

E. H.

C.H.,

LITT.D.

fW. H.

D.

WARMINGTON,

EPICTETUS

ROUSE,

litt.d.

m.a., f.b.hist.30c.

EPICTETUS THE DISCOURSES AS REPORTED BY ARRIAN, THE MANUAL, AND FRAGMENTS WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY

W.

A.

OLDFATHER

DNIVKBaiTT OF 1U.IS018

EN

TWO VOLUMES VOL.

DISCX>UBSES,

I

BOOKS

I

AND n

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

HARVARD

UNIVTIRSITY

PRESS

LONDON

WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD MCMLTI

First printed 1925

Reprinted 1946, 1956

Printed in Great Britain

CONTENTS PAOS

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INTKODUCTION DISCOURSES, BOOK

I

DISCOCBSES, BOOK

II

INDEX

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209 *37

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