<DIV><B>A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher</B><BR><BR>DESPITE BEING BORN into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time. <I>Discourses and Selected Writings</I> is a transcribed collection of informal lectures given by the philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of a great intellectual, it is also an important example of the usage of Koine or ?common? Greek, an ancestor to Standard Modern Greek.<BR><BR></DIV>