Recommended modern translations of the classic texts for learning about Stoic Philosophy
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Meditations by Marco Aurelio, Martin Hammond (Penguin Pocket Hardbacks)
Meditations (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, romanized: Ta eis he'auton, lit. 'things to one's self') is a series of personal …
Jullan says: Older translation: Farquharson's 1944 translation
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The Complete Works by Robin Waterfield, Epictetus
The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity.
“Some things are up to us and …
Jullan says: Older translation: Oldfather's 1925-1928 translation of Epictetus' works
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Letters on Ethics by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, A. A. Long, Margaret R. Graver (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, #5)
The Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) recorded his moral philosophy and reflections on life as a highly …
Jullan says: Older translation: Gummere's 1917-1925 translation of the Moral Letters to Lucillius
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Hardship and Happiness by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca the Younger, Elaine Fantham, and 3 others (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, #4)
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all …
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Tusculan Disputations by Cicero, James Edward King (Loeb Classical Library, #141)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106–43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other …
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On Duties by Cicero, M. T. Griffin, E. M. Atkins (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the …
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Moral and Political Essays by Seneca the Younger, John Milton Cooper, J. F. Procopé (Cambridge texts in the history of political thought)
This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, …
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On Moral Ends by Cicero, Julia Annas, Raphael Woolf (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
This new translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy freshly available to modern readers. Cicero was …
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That One Should Disdain Hardships by Cora E. Lutz, Gretchen Reydams-Schils, Musonius Rufus
Perennial wisdom from one of history’s most important but lesser-known Stoic teachers
“He knew that all a philosopher could do …
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Hierocles the Stoic by Ilaria Ramelli (Society of Biblical Literature Writings from the Greco-Roman, #28)
Hierocles, the Stoic philosopher of the early imperial age, is a crucial witness to Middle and Neo-Stoicism, especially with regard …
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Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 1-26 by Charles Brittain, Tad Brennan (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
'[Simplicius'] moral interpretation of Epictetus is preserved in the library of nations, as a classic book, most excellently adapted to …
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Simplicius: On Epictetus Handbook 27-53 by Charles Brittain, Tad Brennan (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
The Enchiridion or Handbook of the first-century AD Stoic Epictetus was used as an ethical treatise both in Christian monasteries …
