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- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
Don’t complain; you have no reason to (Epictetus’ Discourses in Plain English 1.6)
The universe is well organized and everything is well co-ordinated. From this we can infer there must be a creator who created all this.![](uploads/935fcaf2ccc800a91341e04d72a205e3.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
Beware of rigid thinking (Epictetus’ Discourses in Plain English 1.5)
Discourses is a collection of Epictetus’ conversations with his students and visitors, as recorded by his student Flavius Arrian. Discourses forms an excellent introduction to Stoicism and, in this series, The Stoic Gym presents Epictetus’ Discourses in plain English.![](uploads/075a7a94b3f0da98cfdb8655ce206148.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
How to know that you are making progress (Epictetus’ Discourses in Plain English 1.4)
Discourses is a collection of Epictetus’ conversations with his students and visitors, as recorded by his student Flavius Arrian. Discourses forms an excellent introduction to Stoicism and, in this series, The Stoic Gym presents Epictetus’ Discourses in plain English.![](uploads/49925263c0b780afdc78219efe4eb6c0.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
Don’t become a treacherous animal (Epictetus Discourses in Plain English 1.3)
Discourses is a collection of Epictetus’ conversations with his students and visitors, as recorded by his student Flavius Arrian. Discourses forms an excellent introduction to Stoicism and, in this series, The Stoic Gym presents Epictetus’ Discourses in plain English.![](uploads/7e929ed2e0d143fa3989f055d8b27861.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
You can endure anything; act your best. (Discourses in Plain English I.2.)
Discourses is a collection of Epictetus’ conversations with his students and visitors, as recorded by his student Flavius Arrian. Discourses forms an excellent introduction to Stoicism and, in this series, The Stoic Gym presents Epictetus’ Discourses in plain English.![](uploads/7b8ac7d9598e6702cc188c18db9e9f3c.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
Understand what is in your power (Discourses in Plain English I.1.)
Discourses is a collection of Epictetus’ conversations with his students and visitors, as recorded by his student Flavius Arrian. Discourses forms an excellent introduction to Stoicism and, in this series, The Stoic Gym presents Epictetus’ Discourses in plain English.![](uploads/1978c399ae6ddf10550987f1b825607e.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
Training to be a philosopher
[In this discourse, Epictetus presents an idealized version of a philosopher, in the context of a student expressing an interest in Cynicism, which provided inspiration for Stoicism. Although the descriptions refer to a Cynic philosopher, it would apply equally to a Stoic philosopher.]![](uploads/3bcda24ae7c3a5ea93cad9aafa9bbebc.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
The Importance of the Dichotomy of Control
Epictetus classified things as being under our control or not under our control. His classic Enchiridion (The Good Life Handbook published by The Stoic Gym) starts with this basic idea of control.![](uploads/96d7679444e1f1787cf8cf990605269c.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English
You Will Not Have my Hate
You Will Not Have my Hate is a manifesto of a free man who chooses his reaction to the horror he faced on a Friday night. It is a reaction that I suspect most aspiring stoics would find hard to manifest.![](uploads/09e3172ea59bfb94bc9c4b939b8d3a4a.jpg?1725172918)
- Ancient Stoicism in Plain English