Contributor(s): Author: Cynthia King Preface by: William B.
Irvine, author of A GUIDE TO THE GOOD LIFE: THE ANCIENT ART OF STOIC JOY..
This volume also includes a preface by William B.
In this volume, readers will find Cynthia King\'s translation of Musonius\' lectures, as recorded by his pupil Lucius; the Sayings attributed to Musonius by ancient writers; an exchange of letters between Musonius and Apollonius of Tyana; and a letter from Musonius to Pankratides.
Because Stoicism was, for Musonius, not merely a philosophy but a prescription for daily living, he has been called "the Roman Socrates." Musonius Rufus: Lectures AND Sayings will therefore be welcomed by those who seek insight into the practice of Stoicism.
During his life, Musonius\' Stoicism was put to the test, most notably during an exile to Gyaros, a barren island in the Aegean Sea.
AD 30-100) was one of the four great Roman Stoic philosophers, the other three being Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, and Musonius\' pupil Epictetus.
Irvine Musonius Rufus (c.
Contributor(s): Author: Cynthia King Preface by: William B
