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Discourses: Complete Books 1-4: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (Harris Classics) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Epictetus (Author), James Harris (Author, Publisher), Greg Douras (Narrator)
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The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of extracts from the teachings of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus.

This is the complete version containing books one - four.

Each book has been carefully adapted in to modern English to allow for easy listening.

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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 51 minutes
  2. Author
    Epictetus, see all
  3. Narrator
    Greg Douras
  4. Audible release date
    March 9, 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    James Harris
  7. ASIN
    B07BB1HTYL
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 8 hours and 51 minutes
Author Epictetus, James Harris
Narrator Greg Douras
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date March 09, 2018
Publisher James Harris
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07BB1HTYL
Best Sellers Rank #87,943 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#656 in World History (Audible Books & Originals)
#1,922 in Classic Literature
#9,054 in Classic Literature & Fiction

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  • Marlene Oaks
    5.0 out of 5 stars Profound
    Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2024
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    His ideas are so profound and yet so obvious, when I think on them. He is ancient and current at the same time. I am enamoured by Epictetus and his wisdom. I can see some of his ideas may have influenced New Testament writers who were Roman and immersed in that culture. So much to think on.
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  • Lorraine Netherton
    1.0 out of 5 stars It's only a collection of papers if it's not put together
    Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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    I sent my son this book as a gift. As one who loves and appreciates books, he is careful with them. He never opens a new book all the way (barely a third of fully open), so it will make it last longer and look better. Upon receipt, he didn't even open the book a third of the way, and a page fell out. I am embarrassed to have given him such a book as a gift. A book should arrive in one piece (this was not caused by shipping) and, if cared for, last for many years. This did not even arrive properly bound. After reading the first six chapters, he confessed that it was so poorly written as to be painful to read.
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  • Scott R Shafner
    2.0 out of 5 stars Poor proofreading!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2024
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    10/31/24: No one proofread this! You know when you send a text while driving but you don't want to type it so instead you speak your text - then you re-read what you sent and there's lots of errors? This book is like that. "Form" instead of "from," and "a" instead of "as," and lots of commas where they don't belong. No one proofread this. Also, there's no "Forward" by the author, no introduction, no epilogue, no timeline, nothing. This is nothing like Marcus Aurileus' Meditations.
    There's a lot of super confusing run-on sentences, like, "Then do you not suppose that this that which is not spoken of does not come from that which we are seeing every time we don't want to see it?" I just made that sentence up to illustrate "that which, confusing in this book, is."
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  • John Graham
    1.0 out of 5 stars Typos aplenty
    Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2024
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    While this book and subject matter are timeless and essential, the production quality of this book is abysmal. Typos are scattered throughout nearly every paragraph, which makes it almost impossible to read and comprehend without being distracted by the errors. I am very disappointed with this author/publisher
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  • Daniel
    1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably bad translation
    Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024
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    Unbelievably bad translation. No one credible read this book prior to publishing the amount of typos is staggering. This may have been translated by AI. Never seen anything so poorly edited.
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  • Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars Many typos and missing words in this edition
    Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2020
    This translation/adaption has many typos and missing words. It seems like maybe some kind of automated software was used to translate or transcribe it from some other edition or adaptation.
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  • Amir Balafendiev
    1.0 out of 5 stars Many typos
    Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2023
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    Very bad translation and many missing words
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  • Megen Boix
    1.0 out of 5 stars Too many typos
    Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2021
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    Wish I would have read the reviews prior to buying. Way too many typos. Not happy with this purchase at all!
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  • Mikelleher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ancient Wisdom comes alive
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2024
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    This is all about living a good life and what thinking is needed to survive the hardships that our life path flows through.

    You get a perspective of life and living life the way we are supposed be living our lives. It is possible to make changes to your life and re-open your understanding of being human and living your life.

    I highly recommend this. Though there are many spelling errors and simple grammatical errors, they are bearable. 5 stars for content.
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  • Sian Roberts
    2.0 out of 5 stars Over priced and probably written by an A.I
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2021
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    I bought this book as a birthday gift for my boyfriend who said he was interested in reading books 1-4 discourses by Epictetus. It arrived on time and in good condition, however, once he started reading it, he noticed there was a substantial amount of grammatical and structural errors that gives the impression it wasn't written by a person because a person could do a few mistakes, yes, but not on almost every page. The book repeats words or places words in the wrong place or even misses words mid sentence and its hard to understand. An example taken from the book, page 30 - "Actually, how much better is it to wipe your nose than to find fault a fault with it."

    I wouldn't suggest buying it because now I feel like I've spent 25£ on a book written by either an illiterate or an A.I and my boyfriend is struggling to enjoy reading it.
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