Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters From A Stoic and The Enchiridion

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STOIC SIX PACK

MEDITATIONS

THE GOLDEN SAYINGS

FRAGMENTS

DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS

LETTERS FROM A STOIC

THE ENCHIRIDION
Stoic Six Pack – Meditations, The Golden Sayings and Fragments of Epictetus, Discourses of Epictetus,
Letters From A Stoic, The Enchiridion.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, translated by George Long. First published 1862.

The Golden Sayings and Fragments of Epictetus, translated by Hastings Crossley. First published in 1909.

Discourses of Epictetus translated by George Long. First published as The Discourses of Epictetus, with the
Encheridion and Fragments translated by George Long in 1877.

Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium. All Three Volumes. By Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
Translated by Richard Mott Gummere. Volume 1 first published in 1917; Volume 2 published in 1920;
Volume 3 published 1925.

The Enchiridion of Epictetus. Translated by P. E. Matheson. First published in 1916. Copyright © 2014
Enhanced Media. All rights reserved.
Marcus Aurelius biography by John Lord. From Beacon Lights of History‚ Volume IV: Imperial Antiquity.
First published in 1883.

Stoic Six Pack. Copyright © 2014 Enhanced Media. All rights reserved.
Cover image shows, from left to right, a Baroque marble imaginary portrait bust of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
(Seneca the Younger), by an anonymous sculptor of the 17th century (Museo del Prado); a bust portrait of
Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the Palazzo Nuovo (Musei Capitolini) and a likeness of Zeno of Citium
from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
Table of Contents
MEDITATIONS
By
Marcus Aurelius
BOOK ONE BOOK TWO BOOK THREE BOOK FOUR BOOK
FIVE
BOOK SIX BOOK SEVEN BOOK EIGHT BOOK NINE BOOK TEN
BOOK ELEVEN BOOK TWELVE
THE GOLDEN SAYINGS
OF EPICTETUS
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII
XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV
XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV
XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII
XXXIX XL XLI XLII XLIII XLIV XLV XLVI XLVII XLVIII XLIX L
LI LII LIII LIV LV LVI LVII
LVIII LIX LX LXI LXII LXIII LXIV LXV LXVI LXVII LXVIII LXIX
LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIV
LXXV LXXVI LXXVII LXXVIII LXXIX LXXX LXXXI LXXXII
LXXXIII LXXXIV LXXXV LXXXVI
LXXXVII LXXXVIII LXXXIX XC XCI XCII XCIII XCIV XCV XCVI
XCVII XCVIII XCIX
C CI CII CIII CIV CV CVI CVII CVIII CIX CX CXI CXII CXIII
CXIV CXV CXVI CXVII
CXVIII CXIX CXX CXXI CXXII CXXIII CXXIV CXXV CXXVI
CXXVII CXXVIII CXXIX CXXX
CXXXI CXXXII CXXXIII CXXXIV CXXXV CXXXVI CXXXVII
CXXXVIII CXXXIX CXL CXLI CXLII
CXLIII CXLIV CXLV CXLVI CXLVII CXLVIII CXLIX CL CLI CLII
CLIII CLIV CLV CLVI CLVII CLVIII
CLIX CLX CLXI CLXII CLXIII CLXIV CLXV CLXVI CLXVII
CLXVIII CLXIX CLXX CLXXI CLXXII CLXXIII CLXXIV CLXXV
CLXXVI CLXXVII CLXXVIII CLXXIX CLXXX CLXXXI CLXXXII
CLXXXIII CLXXXIV CLXXXV
CLXXXVI CLXXXVII CLXXXVIII CLXXXIX
FRAGMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO EPICTETUS
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV
XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV
THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS
OF THE THINGS WHICH ARE IN OUR POWER AND NOT IN OUR
POWER
HOW A MAN ON EVERY OCCASION CAN MAINTAIN HIS PROPER
CHARACTER
HOW A MAN SHOULD PROCEED FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF GOD
BEING THE FATHER OF ALL MEN TO THE REST
OF PROGRESS OR IMPROVEMENT
AGAINST THE ACADEMICS
OF PROVIDENCE
HOW FROM THE FACT THAT WE ARE AKIN TO GOD A MAN MAY
PROCEED TO THE CONSEQUENCES
OF CONTENTMENT
HOW EVERYTHING MAY BE DONE ACCEPTABLY TO THE GODS
WHAT PHILOSOPHY PROMISES
THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE ERRORS (FAULTS)
OF OTHERS
HOW WE SHOULD BEHAVE TO TYRANTS
AGAINST THOSE WHO WISH TO BE ADMIRED
ON PRECOGNITIONS
HOW WE SHOULD STRUGGLE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES
ON THE SAME
IN HOW MANY WAYS APPEARANCES EXIST, AND WHAT AIDS WE
SHOULD PROVIDE AGAINST THEM
THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH MEN; AND WHAT ARE
THE SMALL AND THE GREAT THINGS AMONG MEN
ON CONSTANCY (OR FIRMNESS)
THAT CONFIDENCE (COURAGE) IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH
CAUTION
OF TRANQUILLITY (FREEDOM FROM PERTURBATION)
HOW MAGNANIMITY IS CONSISTENT WITH CARE
OF INDIFFERENCE
HOW WE OUGHT TO USE DIVINATION
THAT WHEN WE CANNOT FULFIL THAT WHICH THE CHARACTER OF
A MAN PROMISES, WE ASSUME THE CHARACTER OF A
PHILOSOPHER
HOW WE MAY DISCOVER THE DUTIES OF LIFE FROM NAMES
WHAT THE BEGINNING OF PHILOSOPHY IS
OF DISPUTATION OR DISCUSSION
ON ANXIETY (SOLICITUDE)
TO NASO
TO OR AGAINST THOSE WHO OBSTINATELY PERSIST IN WHAT THEY
HAVE DETERMINED
THAT WE DO NOT STRIVE TO USE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT GOOD AND
EVIL
HOW WE MUST ADAPT PRECONCEPTIONS TO PARTICULAR CASES
HOW WE SHOULD STRUGGLE AGAINST APPEARANCES
OF INCONSISTENCY
ON FRIENDSHIP
ON THE POWER OF SPEAKING
TO (OR AGAINST) A PERSON WHO WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO WERE
NOT VALUED (ESTEEMED) BY HIM
THAT LOGIC IS NECESSARY
OF FINERY IN DRESS
IN WHAT A MAN OUGHT TO BE EXERCISED WHO HAS MADE
PROFICIENCY; AND THAT WE NEGLECT THE CHIEF THINGS
WHAT IS THE MATTER ON WHICH A GOOD MAN SHOULD BE
EMPLOYED, AND IN WHAT WE OUGHT CHIEFLY TO PRACTISE
OURSELVES
MISCELLANEOUS
TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FREE CITIES WHO WAS AN
EPICUREAN
HOW WE MUST EXERCISE OURSELVES AGAINST APPEARANCES
TO A CERTAIN RHETORICIAN WHO WAS GOING UP TO ROME ON A
SUIT
IN WHAT MANNER WE OUGHT TO BEAR SICKNESS
ABOUT EXERCISE
WHAT SOLITUDE IS, AND WHAT KIND OF PERSON A SOLITARY MAN
IS
CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
THAT WE OUGHT TO PROCEED WITH CIRCUMSPECTION TO
EVERYTHING
THAT WE OUGHT WITH CAUTION TO ENTER INTO FAMILIAR
INTERCOURSE WITH MEN
ON PROVIDENCE
ABOUT CYNICISM
THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE MOVED BY A DESIRE OF THOSE
THINGS WHICH ARE NOT IN OUR POWER
TO THOSE WHO FALL OFF (DESIST) FROM THEIR PURPOSE
TO THOSE WHO FEAR WANT
ABOUT FREEDOM
ON FAMILIAR INTIMACY
WHAT THINGS WE SHOULD EXCHANGE FOR OTHER THINGS
TO THOSE WHO ARE DESIROUS OF PASSING LIFE IN TRANQUILLITY
AGAINST THE QUARRELSOME AND FEROCIOUS
AGAINST THOSE WHO LAMENT OVER BEING PITIED
ON FREEDOM FROM FEAR
TO A PERSON WHO HAD BEEN CHANGED TO A CHARACTER OF
SHAMELESSNESS
WHAT THINGS WE OUGHT TO DESPISE AND WHAT THINGS WE
OUGHT TO VALUE
ABOUT PURITY (CLEANLINESS)
ON ATTENTION
AGAINST OR TO THOSE WHO READILY TELL THEIR OWN AFFAIRS
LETTERS FROM A STOIC
Letter I - On Saving Time
Letter II - On Discursiveness in Reading
Letter III - On True and False Friendship
Letter IV - On the Terrors of Death
Letter V - On the Philosopher's Mean
Letter VI - On Sharing Knowledge
Letter VII - On Crowds
Letter VIII - On the Philosopher's Seclusion
Letter IX - On Philosophy and Friendship
Letter X - On Living to Oneself
Letter XI - On the Blush of Modesty
Letter XII - On Old Age
Letter XIII - On Groundless Fears
Letter XIV - On the Reasons for Withdrawing from the World
Letter XV - On Brawn and Brains
Letter XVI - On Philosophy, the Guide of Life
Letter XVII - On Philosophy and Riches
Letter XVIII - On Festivals and Fasting
Letter XIX - On Worldliness and Retirement
Letter XX - On Practising what you Preach
Letter XXI - On the Renown which my Writings will Bring you
Letter XXII - On the Futility of Half-Way Measures
Letter XXIII - On the True Joy which Comes from Philosophy
Letter XXIV - On Despising Death
Letter XXV - On Reformation
Letter XXVI - On Old Age and Death
Letter XXVII - On the Good which Abides
Letter XXVIII - On Travel as a Cure for Discontent
Letter XXIX - On the Critical Condition of Marcellinus
Letter XXX - On Conquering the Conqueror
Letter XXXI - On Siren Songs
Letter XXXII - On Progress
Letter XXXIII - On the Futility of Learning Maxims
Letter XXXIV - On a Promising Pupil
Letter XXXV - On the Friendship of Kindred Minds
Letter XXXVI - On the Value of Retirement
Letter XXXVII - On Allegiance to Virtue
Letter XXXVIII - On Quiet Conversation
Letter XXXIX - On Noble Aspirations
Letter XL - On the Proper Style for a Philosopher's Discourse
Letter XLI - On the God within Us
Letter XLII - On Values
Letter XLIII - On the Relativity of Fame
Letter XLIV - On Philosophy and Pedigrees
Letter XLV - On Sophistical Argumentation
Letter XLVI - On a New Book by Lucilius
Letter XLVII - On Master and Slave
Letter XLVIII - On Quibbling as Unworthy of the Philosopher
Letter XLIX - On the Shortness of Life
Letter L - On our Blindness and its Cure
Letter LI - On Baiae and Morals
Letter LII - On Choosing our Teachers
Letter LIII - On the Faults of the Spirit
Letter LIV - On Asthma and Death
Letter LV - On Vatia's Villa
Letter LVI - On Quiet and Study
Letter LVII - On the Trials of Travel
Letter LVIII - On Being
Letter LIX - On Pleasure and Joy
Letter LX - On Harmful Prayers
Letter LXI - On Meeting Death Cheerfully
Letter LXII - On Good Company
Letter LXIII - On Grief for Lost Friends
Letter LXIV - On the Philosopher's Task
Letter LXV - On the First Cause
Letter LXVI - On Various Aspects of Virtue
Letter LXVII - On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering
Letter LXVIII - On Wisdom and Retirement
Letter LXIX - On Rest and Restlessness
Letter LXX - On the Proper Time to Slip the Cable
Letter LXXI - On the Supreme Good
Letter LXXII - On Business as the Enemy of Philosophy
Letter LXXIII - On Philosophers and Kings
Letter LXXIV - On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly Distractions
Letter LXXV - On the Diseases of the Soul
Letter LXXVI - On Learning Wisdom in Old Age
Letter LXXVII - On Taking One's Own Life
Letter LXXVIII - On the Healing Power of the Mind
Letter LXXIX - On the Rewards of Scientific Discovery
Letter LXXX - On Worldly Deceptions
Letter LXXXI - On Benefits
Letter LXXXII - On the Natural Fear of Death
Letter LXXXIII - On Drunkenness
Letter LXXXIV - On Gathering Ideas
Letter LXXXV - On Some Vain Syllogisms
Letter LXXXVI - On Scipio's Villa
Letter LXXXVII - Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life
Letter LXXXVIII - On Liberal and Vocational Studies
Letter LXXXIX - On the Parts of Philosophy
Letter XC - On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Man
Letter XCI - On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons
Letter XCII - On the Happy Life
Letter XCIII - On the Quality, as Contrasted with the Length, of Life
Letter XCIV - On the Value of Advice
Letter XCV - On the Usefulness of Basic Principles
Letter XCVI - On Facing Hardships
Letter XCVII - On the Degeneracy of the Age
Letter XCVIII - On the Fickleness of Fortune
Letter XCIX - On Consolation to the Bereaved
Letter C - On the Writings of Fabianus
Letter CI - On the Futility of Planning Ahead
Letter CII - On the Intimations of Our Immortality