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Simplicius · George Stanhope (1694)
Made English from the Greek by George Stanhope (London, 1694). The spelling and punctuation of the first edition are kept; the text of Epictetus stands at the head of each chapter, and Simplicius’ comment follows it. If the Reader be curious to know Epictetus's Character, he may find it at large in an Account of his Life and Death, written by Arrian, who also compiled the Discourses of Epictetus, and digested them into several distinct Tracts. The same Arrian composed this very Book too, which goes by the Name of Enchiridion, being a Collection out of Epictetus's Discourses, of such Remarks and Rules as he thought most seasonable and necessary, and most likely to affect Mens Minds. For thus much Arrian himself declares in his Epistle Dedicatory to Messalinus, to whom he addressed this Book, as being both a particular Friend of his, and an exceeding Admirer of Epictetus. (Though the same …
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