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    The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion
    The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion
    The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion
    Audiobook39 minutes

    The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

    Written by Chuck Chakrapani

    Narrated by Jeffrey Marr

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The Good Life Handbook is a rendering of Enchiridion in plain English. It is a concise summary of the teachings of Epictetus, as transcribed and later summarized by his student Flavius Arrian.

    The handbook is a guide to the good life. It answers the question, "How can we be good and live free and happy, no matter what else is happening around us?"

    Ancient Stoics lived in a time of turmoil under difficult conditions. So, the solutions they found to living free were tested under very stringent conditions. For example, the author of this handbook was a lame slave who made himself free and happy later in life by following the principles set out in this audiobook.

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    ow The Stoic Gym offers The Good Life Handbook by Dr Chuck Chakrapani to interested listeners.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateJun 20, 2017
    ISBN9780920219225
    The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion

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    • 3/5
      Good lessons in Epictetus' philosophical quotes but no in depth explanation or references. Can still be learned from is reflected on.
    • 3/5
      Too much short. It's not a book, just a number of modernized philosophical quotes without proper depth and analysis. Text format will be way more suitable.
    • 5/5
      Great book on virtues to be followed for happy living