EBOOK THE ENCHIRIDION ***
The Library of Liberal Arts
OSKAR PIEST, _General Editor_
[NUMBER EIGHT]
EPICTETUS
By
EPICTETUS
Translated by
THOMAS W. HIGGINSON
With an Introduction by
ALBERT SALOMON
_Professor of Sociology
New School for Social Research_
THE LIBERAL ARTS PRESS
NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1948
THE LIBERAL ARTS PRESS, INC.
First Edition, _October, 1948_
Reprinted
_December, 1950_; _August, 1954_ Second Edition, _November, 1955_
Published at 153 West 72nd Street, New York 23, N. Y.
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
Note on the Text
Introduction
Selected Bibliography
NOTE ON THE TEXT
The text of the second edition is a reprint of the first edition except for a few minor corrections in style, punctuation, and spelling, which have been revised to conform to current American usage.
The editorial staff of the publishers has added a few explanatory notes which are set in brackets and marked "Ed."
O.P.
INTRODUCTION
The little book by Epictetus called _Enchiridion_ or "manual" has played a disproportionately large role in the rise of modern attitudes and modern philosophy. As soon as it had been translated into the vernacular languages, it became a bestseller among independent intellectuals, among anti-Christian thinkers, and among philosophers of a subjective cast.
Montaigne had a copy of the _Enchiridion_ among his books. Pascal violently rejected th…