Author: Mediavilla, Claude

Epictetus was a freed slave who became an influential philosopher of the Greco-Roman world. He taught his students that happiness lies in learning to desire that things be exactly as they are. These illustrated passages from The Manual of Epictetus, printed in English and graciously rendered in Greek by calligrapher Claude Mediaville, emphasize the values of equanimity, freedom from passion, freedom from passion, and virtuous action.