Epicteti Stoici Philosophi Enchiridion: unà cum Cebetis thebani Tabula quibus adjiciuntur hac Editione Simplicii Commentarios in Enchiridion Epicteti Item Arriani Commentariorum de Epicteti Disputationibus, lib. IV.

London: Typis Jacobi Flesher, prostant apud Guilielmum Morden Bibliopolam Cantarigiensen, 1670. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Greek text and Latin translation of the Enchiridion in 79 chapters, in parallel columns. Still handsome, stands easily on the shelf by itself. Bound in full leather, appears to be contemporary (see Julia Miller, Books Will Speak Plain), blind-stamped rectangular panels, four fleurs-de-list stamped to corners front and rear, four raised bands to spine, gilt and black horizontal ruling, rubbed, barely visible, slight bowing to front board. Penned inscription inside front flap: E.L.G.S.A.S.S. 1692. Red-stained all around. Chipping to leather at tips, edges, spine. A few page edges torn, unobtrusively so, slight damp-staining to a few edges but with no signs of odor or moisture, light soiling to endpapers, else mildly toned interior, paper being quite fine, clean, unmarked. Two title pages, one printed in red and black, another in black. Double column text, Latin on the left, Greek on the right, reversed, verso. Biography of Epictetus in Latin at outset. In short, the title, Enchiridion, comprises Epictetus’s wisest teachings as gleaned from and written down by Arrian, his star pupil; it contains all the fundamentals of his philosophy of and that represents best the Stoic philosophy. Epictetus argued that a Stoic principle is that one should not be concerned with what is out of one's control, and neither should we lust after that which we cannot have. Virtue is good, acceptance near divine. Extensive frontis matter, 2-430 pp., [19] pp. of Index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.