Epictetus

The Enchiridion (Handbook) by Epictetus is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within general and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: Some things are under our control, while others are not under our control.
Under our control are conception, choice, desire, aversion, and, in a word, everything that is our own doing; not under our control are our body, our property, reputation, office, and, in a word, everything that is not our ow This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.