Discourses
Epictetus
Appears in 10 ideas
Ethics
- HappinessShould happiness be the end of moral life, and is it the same for all, attainable on earth?
- Virtue and ViceWhat makes a person virtuous, and can virtue be taught?
- DutyWhat binds us to act rightly, and from where does moral obligation arise?
- Pleasure and PainAre pleasure and pain the ultimate measures of good and evil, or do they mislead us about what matters?
- HabitIs character formed by repeated action, and can the habits we have built be undone?
- TemperanceIs self-mastery over appetite a matter of rational ordering, virtuous habituation, or civilizational repression?