Gateway to the Stoics
Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Epictetus's Enchiridion, and Selections from Seneca's Letters
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The one book you need to master stoic philosophy!
This classic collection, newly revised and with a foreword by classicist Spencer Klavan, includes the famed original introduction by Russell Kirk, the full text of the Meditationsof Marcus Aurelius, the completeEnchiridion of Epictetus, and key selections from Seneca and Hierocles of Alexandria in one compact volume.
Epictetus
Epictetus (circa 55-135 ce) taught in Rome until the year 94 ce, when Emperor Domitian banished philosophers from the city. In exile, he established a school of philosophy where his distinguished students included Marcus Aurelius, author of Meditations.
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Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger usually known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and, in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.
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