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Book Title: Complete Works : Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Epictetus
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Individual Philosophers, General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 25 oz
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
