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Discourses of Epictetus

Epictetus
GENREself-help
LISTENED1
RATING4.8
RELEASED2026

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Author

Epictetus

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Genre

self-help

About this Audiobook

by Epictetus

Discourses of Epictetus, written by Epictetus, is a thought-provoking audiobook that explores the philosophical teachings of the former slave-turned-philosopher. This audiobook, narrated by various talented narrators, delves into the core principles of Stoic philosophy, offering listeners a unique perspective on life, freedom, and the human condition.

At the heart of Epictetus' teachings is the idea that individuals have the power to choose their own thoughts and emotions, and that true freedom lies in embracing this power. Through a series of discourses, Epictetus shares his insights on topics such as the importance of living in the present, the dangers of desire and fear, and the need to cultivate inner strength and resilience. These themes are woven throughout the audiobook, making it a compelling listen for anyone interested in personal growth, philosophy, and self-improvement.

One of the key themes that emerges in the Discourses is the concept of negative visualization, which involves imagining oneself in difficult or challenging situations in order to prepare for the unexpected twists and turns of life. Epictetus also emphasizes the importance of living in accordance with nature, and of recognizing the interconnectedness of all things. These ideas, though written centuries ago, remain remarkably relevant today, making the Discourses a timeless and thought-provoking listen.

The listening experience of Discourses of Epictetus is enhanced by the talented narrators, who bring the philosophical teachings to life with their engaging performances. With its unique blend of philosophy, self-help, and personal growth, this audiobook is sure to resonate with listeners looking for a thought-provoking and inspiring listen. Join the Unodio community and discover the wisdom of Epictetus for yourself – start listening to Discourses of Epictetus today and embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal transformation.

Chapters

01
00 - Introduction and Preface
Epictetus
14:49self-help
02
01 - Book I I. Of the Things Which Are in Our Power, and Not in Our Power
Epictetus
8:50self-help
03
02 - II. How a Man on Every Occasion Can Maintain His Proper Character
Epictetus
9:20self-help
04
03 - III. How a Man Should Proceed from the Principles of God Being the Father of All Men to the Rest
Epictetus
2:47self-help
05
04 - IV. Of Progress or Improvement
Epictetus
9:10self-help
06
05 - V. Against the Academics
Epictetus
3:01self-help
07
06 - VI. Of Providence
Epictetus
11:00self-help
08
07 - VII. Of the Use of Sophistical Arguments and Hypothetical and the Like
Epictetus
9:07self-help
09
08 - VIII. That the Faculties Are Not Safe to the Uninstructed
Epictetus
4:19self-help
10
09 - IX. How from the Fact That We Are Akin to God a Man May Proceed to the Consequences
Epictetus
9:59self-help
11
10 - X. Against Those Who Eagerly Seek Preferment at Rome
Epictetus
4:09self-help
12
11 - XI. Of Natural Affection
Epictetus
10:58self-help
13
12 - XII. Of Contentment
Epictetus
9:26self-help
14
13 - XIII. How Everything May Be Done Acceptably to the Gods
Epictetus
2:09self-help
15
14 - XIV. That the Deity Oversees All Things
Epictetus
5:15self-help
16
15 - XV. What Philosophy Promises
Epictetus
2:38self-help
17
16 - XVI. Of Providence
Epictetus
5:17self-help
18
17 - XVII. That the Logical Art is Necessary
Epictetus
7:30self-help
19
18 - XVIII. That We Ought Not to Be Angry with the Errors (Faults) of Others
Epictetus
7:19self-help
20
19 - XIX. How We Should Behave to Tyrants
Epictetus
7:54self-help
21
20 - XX. About Reason, How I Contemplates Itself
Epictetus
5:06self-help
22
21 - XXI. Against Those Who Wish to Be Admired
Epictetus
1:20self-help
23
22 - XXII. On Precognition
Epictetus
5:53self-help
24
23 - XXIII. Against Epicurus
Epictetus
2:30self-help
25
24 - XXIV. How We Should Struggle with Circumstances
Epictetus
5:13self-help
26
25 - XXV. On the Same
Epictetus
8:13self-help
27
26 - XXVI. What is the Law of Life
Epictetus
5:24self-help
28
27 - XXVII. In How Many Ways Appearances Exist, and What Aids We Should Provide Against Them
Epictetus
6:13self-help
29
28 - XXVIII. That We Ought Not to Be Angry with Men; and What are the Small and the Great Things Among Men
Epictetus
9:27self-help
30
29 - XXIX. On Constancy (Or Firmness)
Epictetus
18:06self-help
31
30 - XXX. What We Ought to Have Ready in Difficult Circumstances
Epictetus
2:23self-help
32
31 - Book II I. That Confidence (Courage) is Not Inconsistent with Caution
Epictetus
12:15self-help
33
32 - II. Of Tranquility (Freedom from Perturbation)
Epictetus
6:09self-help
34
33 - III. To Those Who Recommend Persons to Philosophers
Epictetus
2:08self-help
35
34 - IV. Against a Person Who Had Once Been Detected in Adultery
Epictetus
3:54self-help
36
35 - V. How Magnanimity Is Consistent with Care
Epictetus
8:45self-help
37
36 - VI. Of Indifference
Epictetus
6:51self-help
38
37 - VII. How We Ought to Use Divination
Epictetus
4:10self-help
39
38 - VIII. What Is the Nature ('H Ουσία) Of the Good
Epictetus
9:06self-help
40
39 - IX. That When We Cannot Fulfil That Which the Character of a Man Promises, We Assume the Character of a Philosopher
Epictetus
7:08self-help
41
40 - X. How We May Discover the Duties of Life from Names
Epictetus
8:40self-help
42
41 - XI. What the Beginning of Philosophy Is
Epictetus
7:11self-help
43
42 - XII. Of Disputation or Discussion
Epictetus
6:51self-help
44
43 - XIII. On Anxiety (Solicitude)
Epictetus
8:22self-help
45
44 - XIV. To Naso
Epictetus
8:41self-help
46
45 - XV. To or Against Those Who Obstinately Persist in What They Have Determined
Epictetus
5:57self-help
47
46 - XVI. That We Do Not Strive to Use Our Opinions About Good and Evil
Epictetus
14:57self-help
48
47 - XVII. How We Must Adapt Preconceptions to Particular Cases
Epictetus
12:04self-help
49
48 - XVIII. How We Should Struggle Against Appearances
Epictetus
8:15self-help
50
49 - XIX. Against Those Who Embrace Philosophical Opinions Only in Words
Epictetus
11:10self-help
51
50 - XX. Against the Epicureans and the Academics
Epictetus
12:31self-help
52
51 - XXI. Of Inconsistency
Epictetus
7:14self-help
53
52 - XXII. On Friendship
Epictetus
12:43self-help
54
53 - XXIII. On the Power of Speaking
Epictetus
14:44self-help
55
54 - XXIV. To (Or Against) a Person Who Was One of Those Who Were Not Valued (Esteemed by Him)
Epictetus
9:28self-help
56
55 - XXV. That Logic is Necessary
Epictetus
1:05self-help
57
56 - XXVI. What Is the Property of Error
Epictetus
2:51self-help
58
57 - Book III I. Of Finery in Dress
Epictetus
13:59self-help
59
58 - II. In What a Man Ought to Be Exercised Who Has Made Proficiency and That We Neglect the Chief Things
Epictetus
6:31self-help
60
59 - III. What Is the Matter on Which a Good Man Should be Employed, and in What We Ought Chiefly to Practice Ourselves
Epictetus
7:14self-help
61
60 - IV. Against a Person Who Showed His Partisanship in an Unseemly Way in a Theatre
Epictetus
4:07self-help
62
61 - V. Against Those Who on Account of Sickness Go Away Home
Epictetus
5:30self-help
63
62 - VI. Miscellaneous
Epictetus
3:27self-help
64
63 - VII. To the Administrator of the Free Cities Who Was an Epicurean
Epictetus
10:33self-help
65
64 - VIII. How We Must Exercise Ourselves Against Appearances (Φαντασίασ)
Epictetus
2:59self-help
66
65 - IX. To A Certain Rhetorician Who Was Going Up to Rome on a Suit
Epictetus
7:28self-help
67
66 - X. In What Manner We Ought to Bear Sickness
Epictetus
6:42self-help
68
67 - XI. Certain Misceallaneous Matters
Epictetus
1:39self-help
69
68 - XII. About Exercise
Epictetus
6:15self-help
70
69 - XIII. What Solitude Is, and What Kind of Person a Solitary Man Is
Epictetus
8:03self-help
71
70 - XIV. Certain Miscellaneous Matters
Epictetus
3:21self-help
72
71 - XV. That We Ought to Proceed with Circumspection to Everything
Epictetus
5:08self-help
73
72 - XVI. That We Ought with Caution to Enter into Familiar Intercourse with Men
Epictetus
4:34self-help
74
73 - XVII. On Providence
Epictetus
2:36self-help
75
74 - XVIII. That We Ought Not to Be Disturbed by Any News
Epictetus
2:46self-help
76
75 - XIX. What is the Condition of a Common Kind of Man and of a Philosopher
Epictetus
2:12self-help
77
76 - XX. That We Can Derive Advantage from All External Things
Epictetus
5:38self-help
78
77 - XXI. Against Those Who Readily Come to the Profession of Sophists
Epictetus
7:22self-help
79
78 - XXII. About Cynism
Epictetus
32:54self-help
80
79 - XXIII. To Those Who Read and Discuss for the Sake of Ostentation
Epictetus
13:07self-help
81
80 - XXIV. That We Ought Not to Be Moved by a Desire of Those Things Which Are Not in Our Power
Epictetus
38:46self-help
82
81 - XXV. To Those Who Fall Off (Desist) from Their Purpose
Epictetus
3:44self-help
83
82 - XXVI. To Those Who Fear Want
Epictetus
13:16self-help
84
83 - Book IV I. About Freedom
Epictetus
58:32self-help
85
84 - II. On Familiar Intimacy
Epictetus
3:37self-help
86
85 - III. What Things We Should Exchange for Other Things
Epictetus
4:03self-help
87
86 - IV. To Those Who Are Desirous of Passing Life in Tranquility
Epictetus
18:07self-help
88
87 - V. Against the Quarrelsome and Ferocious
Epictetus
13:16self-help
89
88 - VI. Against Those Who Lament Over Being Pitied
Epictetus
14:02self-help
90
89 - VII. On Freedom From Fear
Epictetus
15:16self-help
91
90 - VIII. Against Those Who Hastily Rush Into the Use of the Philosophic Dress
Epictetus
14:54self-help
92
91 - IX. To a Person Who Had Been Changed to a Character of Shamelessness
Epictetus
6:21self-help
93
92 - X. What Things We Ought to Despise, and What Things We Ought to Value
Epictetus
12:29self-help
94
93 - XI. About Purity (Cleanliness)
Epictetus
13:06self-help
95
94 - XII. On Attention
Epictetus
7:18self-help
96
95 - XIII. Against or to Those Who Readily Tell Their Own Affairs
Epictetus
8:22self-help

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8/1/2026
A Life-Changing Listen

“I was blown away by the wisdom and insights shared in the Discourses of Epictetus. This audiobook has truly changed my life and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in philosophy and self-improvement.”

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7/29/2026
A Must-Listen for Personal Growth

“The Discourses of Epictetus is a must-listen for anyone interested in personal growth and self-improvement. The teachings of Epictetus are timeless and offer practical advice on how to live a good life.”

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7/26/2026
A Thought-Provoking Listen

“I was thoroughly engaged by the Discourses of Epictetus and appreciated the unique perspective on life and the human condition. The narrators did an excellent job of bringing the teachings to life.”

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7/23/2026
A Comprehensive Introduction to Stoicism

“The Discourses of Epictetus is a comprehensive introduction to Stoic philosophy and offers a wealth of practical advice on how to live in accordance with nature. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Stoicism.”

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