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- Enchiridion Fifty three short sayings, compiled from the lectures of Epictetus. The whole school in one sitting.
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- Meditations The private notebook of a Roman emperor, written in Greek in army camps, never meant to be read.
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- Letters to Lucilius A hundred and twenty four letters from Seneca in retirement to a younger friend. The most readable book on the shelf.
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- On the Shortness of Life A short essay to a busy man on why life is long enough if it is not wasted.
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- Discourses Four surviving books of lecture notes from the classroom of Epictetus. Longer, rougher and funnier than the handbook.