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	* [[Simplicius of Cilicia]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20050519213611/http://www.geocities.com/stoicvoice/journal/0301/sc0301b0.htm ''Commentary on the Enchiridion of Epictetus''], translated by [[George Stanhope]], 1722.		* [[Simplicius of Cilicia]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20050519213611/http://www.geocities.com/stoicvoice/journal/0301/sc0301b0.htm ''Commentary on the Enchiridion of Epictetus''], translated by [[George Stanhope]], 1722.

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	Although the content is similar to the ''[[Discourses of Epictetus]]'', it is not a summary of the ''Discourses'' but rather a compilation of practical precepts. Eschewing [[metaphysics]], Arrian focused his attention on Epictetus's work applying philosophy in daily life. The primary theme is that one should accept what happens:		Although the content is similar to the ''[[Discourses of Epictetus]]'', it is not a summary of the ''Discourses'' but rather a compilation of practical precepts. Eschewing [[metaphysics]], Arrian focused his attention on Epictetus's work applying philosophy in daily life. The primary theme is that one should accept what happens:

	~~{{quote\|~~What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgments about the things. For example, "death is nothing dreadful (or else it would have appeared dreadful to Socrates)..." <br><small>Chapter Five<sup>[1]</sup></small>}}		:What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgments about the things. For example, "death is nothing dreadful (or else it would have appeared dreadful to Socrates)..." <br><small>Chapter Five<sup>[1]</sup></small>

	However, "some things are up to us and some are not up to us"<sup>[1]</sup> and we must act accordingly, taking responsibility for planning and enacting what we can with virtue without becoming upset or disheartened by obstacles and reverses beyond our control.		However, "some things are up to us and some are not up to us"<sup>[1]</sup> and we must act accordingly, taking responsibility for planning and enacting what we can with virtue without becoming upset or disheartened by obstacles and reverses beyond our control.

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The '''''Enchiridion''''' or '''''Manual of Epictetus''''' (Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, ''Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou'') (enchiridion is Greek for "that which is held in the hand") is a short manual of [[Stoicism|Stoic]] ethical advice compiled by [[Arrian]], a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher [[Epictetus]].

==Content==
Although the content is similar to the ''[[Discourses of Epictetus]]'', it is not a summary of the ''Discourses'' but rather a compilation of practical precepts. Eschewing [[metaphysics]], Arrian focused his attention on Epictetus's work applying philosophy in daily life. The primary theme is that one should accept what happens:

{{quote|What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgments about the things. For example, "death is nothing dreadful (or else it would have appeared dreadful to Socrates)..." Chapter Five[1]}}

However, "some things are up to us and some are not up to us"[1] and we must act accordingly, taking responsibility for planning and enacting what we can with virtue without becoming upset or disheartened by obstacles and reverses beyond our control.

For many centuries, the ''Enchiridion'' maintained its authority both with [[Christian]]s and [[Paganism|Pagans]]. Two Christian writers—[[Nilus of Sinai|Nilus]] and an anonymous contemporary—wrote paraphrases of it in the early 5th century and [[Simplicius of Cilicia]] wrote a commentary upon it in the 6th. The work was first published in Latin translation by [[Poliziano]] in [[Rome]] in 1493; [[Philippus Beroaldus|Beroaldus]] published another edition in [[Bologna]] in 1496. The original Greek was first published in [[Venice]] with the Simplicius's commentary in 1528 and an English translation appeared as early as 1567. The book was a common school text in Scotland during the [[Scottish Enlightenment]]. [[Adam Smith]] had a 1670 edition in his library, acquired as a schoolboy.[1]

== References ==
* 1. Handbook of Epictetus, trans. Nicholas P. White, Hackett Publishing Company, 1983.
* 2. Phillipson, Nicholas (2010). Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life. Yale University Press. p. 19.

==External links==
* Text of translation by [[Elizabeth Carter]], circa 1750, [http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html ''The Enchiridion'']
* Text of translation by P. E. Matheson, 1916, [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/dep/dep102.htm ''The Discourses of Epictetus, The Manual Of Epictetus'']
* [[Simplicius of Cilicia]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20050519213611/http://www.geocities.com/stoicvoice/journal/0301/sc0301b0.htm ''Commentary on the Enchiridion of Epictetus''], translated by [[George Stanhope]], 1722.

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