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The Enchiridion

Modern English Edition

Epictetus

The Enchiridion distills Epictetus’ practical philosophy of judgment, responsibility, discipline, and freedom. This RinoBooks edition presents the ancient Stoic manual in accessible modern English, organized into seventy editorial passages across five thematic chapters, with an original introduction and epilogue.

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EDITORIAL WORK

What was done in this edition

A modern English adaptation principally based on the public-domain translation by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. RinoBooks modernized syntax, punctuation, and diction; arranged seventy editorial passages into five thematic chapters; and added an original introduction, epilogue, editorial apparatus, and design.

Rights scope for this edition

RinoBooks claims rights only in its original introduction, epilogue, human editorial modernization, thematic selection and arrangement, editorial notes, cover, typography, and design. No claim is made over the underlying work by Epictetus or the identified public-domain translation.

RinoBooks code
RBE-0001-ENUS-EPUB-01
Managing editor
Péricles Guará Silva
Adaptation
Péricles Guará Silva
Edition nature
Modern language adaptation
Legal basis of the source work
Source work or translation in the public domain
Identified source text
Epictetus, The Works of Epictetus: Discourses, Enchiridion, and Fragments. English translation based on Elizabeth Carter by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1865.
Territories
Worldwide
Territorial restriction
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Edition
1 · 2026
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