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Discourses of Epictetus

Epictetus
GENREself-help
LANGUAGEEnglish
LISTENED31
RATING4.8
RELEASED2026

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Author

Epictetus

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Language

English

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Genre

self-help

About this Audiobook

by Epictetus

📖 Synopsis & Plot Overview

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.

🔍 Key Themes & Narrative Depth

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.

🎙️ Listening Experience

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

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Ravi K.
May 8, 2025
This changed how I see things

I've been in a reading slump for months and this finally broke it. Something about Discourses of Epictetus just clicked and now I'm back to listening every day. Grateful for it.

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Li Na X.
April 9, 2019
The pacing is just right — never drags

Recommended by my colleague and I see why. The kind of book that makes you feel smarter without making you feel like you're studying. Light touch, heavy impact.

KO
Kwame O.
April 9, 2019
A masterpiece hiding in plain sight

Unodio having this for free is honestly unreal. I would have paid for this without hesitation. The quality is that good.

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Esteban D.
April 9, 2019
Absolutely hooked from chapter one

I stumbled onto Discourses of Epictetus randomly and honestly? Best accident ever. The way Epictetus explains things — it just clicks. I've tried similar books and they always felt dry. This one actually kept me engaged start to finish.

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