{"product_id":"simplicius-charles-brittain-9781472558060","title":"Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26","description":"\u003ci\u003e'[Simplicius'] moral interpretation of Epictetus is preserved in the library of nations, as a classic book, most excellently adapted to direct the will, to purify the heart, and to confirm the understanding, by a just confidence in the nature both of God and man.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward Gibbon\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This book, written by a \"pagan\" philosopher, makes the most Christian impression conceivable. The betrayal of all reality through morality is here present in its fullest splendour - pitiful psychology, the philosopher is reduced to a country parson. And Plato is to blame for all of it! He remains Europe's greatest misfortune!'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFredrich Nietzsche \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf these two rival reactions the favourable one was most common. Epictetus' \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e on ethics was used in Christian monasteries, and Simplicius' commentary on it was widely available up to the nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003eThe commentary gives us a fascinating chance to see how a pagan Neoplatonist transformed Stoic ideas, adding Neoplatonist accounts of theology, theodicy, providence, free will and the problem of evil. \u003cbr\u003eThis translation of the Commentary on the \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003eis published in two volumes. This is the first, covering chapters 1-26; the second covers chapters 27-53.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Brittain, Tad Brennan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472558065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472558060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.41d","brand":"Charles Brittain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985678795007,"sku":"9781472558060","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57d3ec72-518b-4b81-8261-54aab6cf2ccc.jpg?v=1683278926","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simplicius-charles-brittain-9781472558060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}