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The cover of Issue 01: What is up to you

Issue 01

Inside the latest issue

What is up to you. The one distinction the rest of Stoicism rests on, and how to use it on an ordinary Monday.

  1. 3What is up to youWhy Epictetus opened his handbook with two lists, and what they mean for an ordinary Monday.
  2. 6The first lines of the EnchiridionThree translations, from 1877, 1916 and 1928, side by side, and what the differences show.
  3. 8The Stoic prayer that isn’tIs the Serenity Prayer Stoic? Where it really comes from.
  4. 9EpictetusThe former slave whose lectures shaped an emperor.
  5. 11Two listsA five-minute exercise, with a worksheet and a week of evening reviews to print.
  6. 14The Enchiridion in four sittingsTen minutes a week, with a question to take away from each.