- Popular Genres
-
The most popular500
-
Children400
-
Fiction750
-
Fantasy350
-
Horror/Ghost stories700
- Learn English
-
Dictionary 180,000
- Children's Fiction
-
Fiction364
-
Action & Adventure315
-
Animals & Nature275
-
Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales222
-
Family117
-
General102
-
Historical43
-
Poetry48
-
Religion37
-
School33
-
Short works52
- Children's Non-Fiction
-
Non-fiction76
-
Reference5
-
Religion19
-
Science21
-
History14
-
Biography23
- Fiction
-
General694
-
Action & Adventure603
-
Classics (Greek & Antiquity)94
-
Crime & Mystery195
-
Detective322
-
Culture & Heritage127
-
Dramatic Readings151
-
Epistolary Fiction47
-
Erotica12
-
Travel Fiction42
-
Family Life123
-
Biographies & Memoirs73
-
Historical Fiction433
-
Humorous Fiction387
-
Literary227
-
Nature & Animal63
-
Nautical & Marine97
-
Religious Fiction109
-
Romance477
-
Sagas16
-
Satire127
-
Sports Fiction9
-
Suspense & Espionage79
-
War & Military Fiction89
-
Westerns98
- Fantastic Fiction
-
Fantastic Fiction103
-
Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales178
-
Horror & Supernatural Fiction150
-
Gothic Fiction25
-
Science Fiction490
-
Fantasy Fiction83
- Short Stories - Fiction
-
Short Stories260
-
Anthologies37
-
Single Author Collections142
- Fiction by year
-
Published before 180020
-
Published 1800-1900207
-
Published 1900 onward207
- Non-Fiction
-
Non-Fiction427
-
War & Military170
-
Animals62
-
Art, Design & Architecture43
-
Biography & Autobiography360
-
Memoirs187
-
Business & Economics31
-
Crafts & Hobbies15
-
Education & Mathematics28
-
Essays & Short Works177
-
Family & Relationships27
-
Health & Fitness20
-
House & Home20
-
Cooking64
-
Gardening10
-
Humor61
-
Law24
-
Medical32
-
Music33
-
Nature149
-
Performing Arts15
-
Political Science118
-
Psychology62
-
Reference16
-
Self-Help & Advice66
-
Sports & Recreation15
-
Technology & Engineering37
-
Travel & Geography177
-
True Crime49
-
Writing & Language24
- Science - Non Fiction
-
Science67
-
Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics25
-
Chemistry8
-
Earth Sciences22
-
Life Sciences40
- Philosophy - Non Fiction
-
Philosophy92
-
Ancient & Medieval30
-
Early Modern32
-
Modern & Contemporary43
-
Atheism & Agnosticism19
- History - Non Fiction
-
History256
-
Antiquity37
-
Middle Ages/Middle History36
-
Early Modern82
-
Modern (19th C)127
-
Modern (20th C)49
- Religion - Non Fiction
-
Religion63
-
Christianity - Commentary19
-
Christianity - Biographies26
-
Christianity - Other86
-
Other religions29
- Bibles
-
Bibles69
-
King James Version63
- Literary Collections - Non Fiction
-
Literary Collections34
-
Essays / Short non-fiction20
-
Letters27
- Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion
-
Download the book
Selection of text from the four-volume work by Epictetus commonly referred to as the Discourses. The sections are mostly quite short but packed with wisdom and hard earned experience. Also included is the Encheiridion ("Manual"), a summary of theoretical and applied Stoicism.
- Chapters
- Biographical Note
- Of the Things Which Are in Our Power and Not in Our Power
- How a Man Can on Every Occasion Maintain His Proper Character
- How a Man Should Proceed from the Principle of God Being the Father to All the Rest
- Of Progress or Improvement
- Against the Academics
- OF PROVIDENCE
- HOW FROM THE FACT THAT WE ARE AKIN TO GOD A MAN MAY PROCEED TO THE CONSEQUENCES
- OF CONTENTMENT.
- HOW EVERYTHING MAY BE DONE ACCEPTABLY TO THE GODS
- WHAT PHILOSOPHY PROMISES
- THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE ERRORS (FAULTS) OF OTHERS
- HOW WE SHOULD BEHAVE TO TYRANTS
- AGAINST THOSE WHO WISH TO BE ADMIRED
- ON PRÆCOGNITIONS
- HOW WE SHOULD STRUGGLE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES
- ON THE SAME
- IN HOW MANY WAYS APPEARANCES EXIST, AND WHAT AIDS WE SHOULD PROVIDE AGAINST THEM
- THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH MEN; AND WHAT ARE THE SMALL AND THE GREAT THINGS AMONG MEN.
- ON CONSTANCY (OR FIRMNESS)
- THAT CONFIDENCE (COURAGE) IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH CAUTION
- OF TRANQUILLITY (FREEDOM FROM PERTURBATION)
- HOW MAGNANIMITY IS CONSISTENT WITH CARE.
- OF INDIFFERENCE
- HOW WE OUGHT TO USE DIVINATION
- THAT WHEN WE CANNOT FULFIL THAT WHICH THE CHARACTER OF A MAN PROMISES, WE ASSUME THE CHARACTER OF A PHILOSOPHER
- HOW WE MAY DISCOVER THE DUTIES OF LIFE FROM NAMES.
- WHAT THE BEGINNING OF PHILOSOPHY IS
- OF DISPUTATION OR DISCUSSION
- ON ANXIETY (SOLICITUDE)
- TO NASO
- TO OR AGAINST THOSE WHO OBSTINATELY PERSIST IN WHAT THEY HAVE DETERMINED.
- THAT WE DO NOT STRIVE TO USE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT GOOD AND EVIL
- HOW WE MUST ADAPT PRECONCEPTIONS TO PARTICULAR CASES
- HOW WE SHOULD STRUGGLE AGAINST APPEARANCES
- OF INCONSISTENCY.
- ON FRIENDSHIP
- ON THE POWER OF SPEAKING
- TO (OR AGAINST) A PERSON WHO WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO WERE NOT VALUED (ESTEEMED) BY HIM.
- THAT LOGIC IS NECESSARY.
- OF FINERY IN DRESS
- IN WHAT A MAN OUGHT TO BE EXERCISED WHO HAS MADE PROFICIENCY; AND THAT WE NEGLECT THE CHIEF THINGS
- WHAT IS THE MATTER ON WHICH A GOOD MAN SHOULD BE EMPLOYED, AND IN WHAT WE OUGHT CHIEFLY TO PRACTISE OURSELVES
- MISCELLANEOUS
- TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FREE CITIES WHO WAS AN EPICUREAN
- HOW WE MUST EXERCISE OURSELVES AGAINST APPEARANCES
- TO A CERTAIN RHETORICIAN WHO WAS GOING UP TO ROME ON A SUIT
- IN WHAT MANNER WE OUGHT TO BEAR SICKNESS
- ABOUT EXERCISE
- WHAT SOLITUDE IS, AND WHAT KIND OF PERSON A SOLITARY MAN IS
- CERTAIN MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
- THAT WE OUGHT TO PROCEED WITH CIRCUMSPECTION TO EVERYTHING
- THAT WE OUGHT WITH CAUTION TO ENTER INTO FAMILIAR INTERCOURSE WITH MEN.
- ON PROVIDENCE
- ABOUT CYNICISM
- THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE MOVED BY A DESIRE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT IN OUR POWER
- TO THOSE WHO FALL OFF (DESIST) FROM THEIR PURPOSE
- TO THOSE WHO FEAR WANT
- ABOUT FREEDOM
- ON FAMILIAR INTIMACY.
- WHAT THINGS WE SHOULD EXCHANGE FOR OTHER THINGS
- TO THOSE WHO ARE DESIROUS OF PASSING LIFE IN TRANQUILLITY.
- AGAINST THE QUARRELSOME AND FEROCIOUS
- AGAINST THOSE WHO LAMENT OVER BEING PITIED
- ON FREEDOM FROM FEAR
- TO A PERSON WHO HAD BEEN CHANGED TO A CHARACTER OF SHAMELESSNESS
- WHAT THINGS WE OUGHT TO DESPISE AND WHAT THINGS WE OUGHT TO VALUE
- ABOUT PURITY (CLEANLINESS)
- ON ATTENTION
- AGAINST OR TO THOSE WHO READILY TELL THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.
- THE ENCHEIRIDION: 1 - 10
- THE ENCHEIRIDION: 11 - 20
- THE ENCHEIRIDION: 21 - 30
- THE ENCHEIRIDION: 31 - 40
- THE ENCHEIRIDION: 41 - 52