Epictetus
Debate of the Emperor Hadrian and the Philosopher Epictetus
Traditional attribution
Debate of the Emperor Hadrian and the Philosopher Epictetus
Altercatio Hadriani Augusti et Epicteti philosophi
A series of riddles and definitions ("What is man?", "What is life?") in which the emperor asks and Epictetus answers with brief formulas. It circulated widely in manuscript; a 1436 codex in the Bodleian Library (MS. Canon. Misc. 378) illustrates it with a miniature of the two figures.
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Authorship note
Spurious. A Latin question-and-answer dialogue of late antique or medieval date that exploits the report of Hadrian's friendship with Epictetus. It has nothing to do with the philosopher's doctrine.
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Other works by Epictetus
- Discourses (as reported by Arrian) · 108
- Discourses, Book I · 108
- Discourses, Book II · 108
- Discourses, Book III · 108
- Discourses, Book IV · 108
- Handbook (Enchiridion) · 130
- Fragments
- Discourses, Books V–VIII (lost) · 108
- Conversations (lost)
- Life and Death of Epictetus (by Arrian, lost)
- Christian paraphrases of the Handbook
- Simplicius' Commentary on the Handbook · 530
Sources
- «Epictetus», Wikipedia en inglés, y «Epicteto», Wikipedia en español (consultadas para hechos verificables y bibliografía; texto propio).
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