Epictetus - Stoic philosopher of the turn of the 1st - 2nd centuries AD e. Like Socrates did not leave any works. His oral sermons were preserved by his student, the Roman Flavius ​ ​ Arrian, the author of numerous works in Greek. Readers are offered a Russian translation of the "Brief Guide to Moral Life" by Epictetus, which contains all the main provisions of his philosophy.