{"product_id":"epictetus-arrian-9798188200695","title":"Epictetus: The Enchiridion or Stoic Handbook - A Modern Rendering with Interpretations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNothing can touch you unless you let it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the most dangerous idea ever written down - and the man who wrote it was born a slave, crippled by his master, exiled by Rome. His name was Epictetus, and his short handbook, the \u003ci\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/i\u003e, has been the entry point to Stoicism for nineteen centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trouble is, almost every edition is unreadable - archaic, stiff, and never telling you what any of it actually means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things make this book different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text is clean and modern - three classic translations (Oldfather, Long, Higginson) read line against line and resolved into one clear rendering. No fog. No academic hedging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd after every one of the fifty-three chapters comes a short interpretation - in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe 48 Laws of Power\u003c\/i\u003e. Not a summary. The logic exposed, the application made concrete: what the chapter says, why it works, and what to do with it before the day is over. This is what no free edition gives you - and the reason to own this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you'll learn: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to stop wagering your happiness on things you don't control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to take an insult without flinching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to want what actually happens - so nothing can disappoint you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe one discovery behind both Stoicism and modern cognitive therapy: it is never the event that breaks you, but your judgment of it - and your judgment belongs entirely to you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo thousand years ago, a slave figured out how to be freer than his masters - and this is the manual he left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRendered and interpreted by Robert Whitfield.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arrian ,Robert Whitfield,Epictetus \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798188200695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Arrian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084362457343,"sku":"9798188200695","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/epictetus-arrian-9798188200695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}