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The discourse titles
As I mentioned in Appendix 3, I have changed the titles to make them more descriptive of the content. Here I provide a list of the original titles followed by the titles used in this series.
If you would like to cross-reference any of the discourses with any other version, you can use this concordance tables to identify the discourse in other versions.
The original titles are given first, followed by the title used in this series.
Concordance
Book 1. Stoic Foundations
I.: OF THE THINGS WHICH ARE, AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT IN OUR OWN POWER.
Understand What is in Your Power
II.: IN WHAT MANNER, UPON EVERY OCCASION, TO PRESERVE OUR CHARACTER.
Act Your Best. You Can Endure Anything.
III.: HOW, FROM THE DOCTRINE THAT GOD IS THE FATHER OF MANKIND, WE MAY PROCEED TO ITS CONSEQUENCES.
Don’t Become a Treacherous Animal
How to Know you are Making Progress
V.: CONCERNING THE ACADEMICS.†
Beware of Rigid Thinking
Don’t Complain. You Have no Reason to
VII.: OF THE USE OF THE FORMS OF RIGHT REASONING.
Deal with Arguments in a Logical Way
VIII.: THAT LOGICAL SUBTLETIES ARE NOT SAFE TO THE UNINSTRUCTED.
Distinguish the Important from the Incidental
IX.: HOW FROM THE DOCTRINE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD, WE ARE TO DEDUCE ITS CONSEQUENCES.
Behave Like you are Related to god
X.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO SEEK PREFERMENT AT ROME.
Be Diligent in Your Pursuit
Know That Your Opinions Drive Your Behaviour
Be Content to Let Things Happen as they do
XIII.: HOW EVERYTHING MAY BE PERFORMED TO THE DIVINE ACCEPTANCE.
Act Rationally Please God
XIV.: THAT ALL THINGS ARE UNDER THE DIVINE SUPERVISION.
God Watches Over us
XV.: WHAT PHILOSOPHY PROMISES.
Nothing Happens Instantly
Give Thanks Constantly
XVII.: THAT THE ART OF REASONING IS NECESSARY.
Realize the Importance of Logic
XVIII.: THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE ERRING.
Why You Shouldn’t Give in to Anger
XIX.: OF THE RIGHT TREATMENT OF TYRANTS.
The Way to Act When You Meet the Powerful
XX.: IN WHAT MANNER REASON CONTEMPLATES ITSELF.
Use Reason to Evaluate Impressions
XXI.: OF THE DESIRE OF ADMIRATION.
Don’t Seek Admiration, be Will-grounded
We Are in Conflict Because We Value Externals
External Things are of no Value
XXIV.: HOW WE OUGHT TO STRUGGLE WITH DIFFICULTIES.
Difficult Times Reveal What a Person is Made of
Placing Value on Externals Creates Conflicts
XXVI.: WHAT THE RULE OF LIFE IS.
The Law of Life: Live in Accordance with Nature
Ways to Deal with External Impressions
XXVIII.: THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH MANKIND. WHAT THINGS ARE LITTLE, WHAT GREAT, AMONG MEN.
Don’t be Angry with Others
Be Steadfast in Your Practice
XXX.: WEAPONS READY FOR DIFFICULT OCCASIONS.
Have These Principles Handy During Difficult Times
Book 2. Stoic Choices
I.: THAT COURAGE IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH CAUTION.
When to be Confident When to be Cautious
Choose Not to go After External Things
III.: CONCERNING SUCH AS RECOMMEND PERSONS TO THE PHILOSOPHERS
Should You Seek Recommendations?
IV.: CONCERNING A MAN WHO HAD BEEN GUILTY OF ADULTERY.
Choose to be Faithful
V.: HOW NOBLENESS OF MIND MAY BE CONSISTENT WITH PRUDENCE.
Choose Only Among Things You Control
VI.: OF CIRCUMSANCES
Should You Fear What You Don’t Control?
Should You Fear the Future?
VIII.: WHEREIN CONSISTS THE ESSENCE OF GOOD.
Choose to Act on Your Knowledge
Choose to Look After Your Inherent Qualities
X.: HOW WE MAY INFER TH DUTIES OF LIFE FROM ITS NOMINAL FUNCTIONS.
Choose to Act on Your Knowledge
XI.: THE BEGINNING OF PHILOSOPHY.
Choose to Play Your Different Roles Well
Have Standards to Evaluate Your Principles
Choose the Right Way to Argue
CHAPTER XIV.: CONCERNING NASO.
Choose Knowledge Over Anxiety
CHAPTER XV.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO OBSTINATELY PERSIST IN WHATEVER THEY HAVE DETERMINED.
Choose to Align Your Desires with Reality
XVI.: THAT WE DO NOT STUDY TO MAKE USE OF THE ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLES CONCERNING GOOD AND EVIL.
Choose a Sound Foundation for Your Decisions
XVII.: HOW TO APPLY GENERAL PRINCIPLES TO PARTICULAR CASES.
Our Choices Give Rise to Good and Evil
XVIII.: HOW THE SEMBLANCES OF THINGS ARE TO BE COMBATED.
Knowing Means Nothing if You Don’t Practice the Right Way
XIX.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO EMBRACE PHILOSOPHY ONLY IN WORDS.
Choose Habits that Fight Impressions
XX.: CONCERNING THE EPICUREANS AND ACADEMICS.
Choose to Practice, Nor to Argue Cleverly
Guard Against Your Inconsistencies
Choose to be a True Friend
Choice is Your Best Faculty, Don’t be Distracted
XXIV.: CONCERNING A PERSON WHOM HE TREATED WITH DISREGARD.
Show Yourself to be Worthy
XXV.: THAT LOGIC IS NECESSARY.
Why is Logic Needed?
XXVI.: WHAT IS THE TEST OF ERROR.
Become Skilful in Correcting Contradictions
Book 3. Stoic Training
Your Choices Shape Your Excellence
II.: IN WHAT A WELL-TRAINED MAN SHOULD EXERCISE HIMSELF; AND THAT WE NEGLECT THE PRINCIPAL THINGS.
The Three Aspects of Stoic Training
III.: WHAT IS THE CHIEF CONCERN OF A GOOD MAN; AND IN WHAT WE CHIEFLY OUGHT TO TRAIN OURSELVES.
The Main Objective of Stoic Training
IV.: CONCERNING ONE WHO MADE HIMSELF IMPROPERLY CONSPICUOUS IN THE THEATRE.
Train Your Mind to Want Whatever Happens
V.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO PLEAD SICKNESS.
Train Every Day. Avoid Excuses
Where You Train, There You Find Results
VII.: CONCERNING A CERTAIN GOVERNOR WHO WAS AN EPICUREAN.
Pleasures of the Mind Are Superior to Bodily Pleasures
VIII.: HOW WE ARE TO EXERCISE OURSELVES AGAINST THE SEMBLANCES OF THINGS.
Train to Deal with Impressions
IX.: CONCERNING A CERTAIN ORATOR, WHO WAS GOING TO ROME ON A LAWSUIT.
Train to Restrain Your Desires
X.: IN WHAT MANNER WE OUGHT TO BEAR SICKNESS.
Train to Deal with Illness
Remind Yourself of These Principles
Train Yourself in Three Areas of Study
XIII.: WHAT SOLITUDE IS; AND WHAT A SOLITARY PERSON.
Train Yourself to be Comfortable with Yourself
Get /Rid of Conceit and Diffidence
XV.*: THAT EVERYTHING IS TO BE UNDERTAKEN WITH CIRCUMSPECTION.
Approach Everything Carefully
XVI.: THAT CAUTION SHOULD BE USED, AS TO PERSONAL FAMILIARITY.
Train on Your Principles Before Venturing Out
Train to See Things as They Are
XVIII.: THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ALARMED, BY ANY NEWS THAT IS BROUGHT US.
Nothing External Can Harm You
XIX.: WHAT IS THE COMPARATIVE CONDITION OF THE PHILOSOPHER, AND OF THE CROWD.
Your Judgment is the Sole Cause of Your Distress
XX.: THAT SOME ADVANTAGE MAY BE GAINED FROM EVERY OUTWARD CIRCUMSTANCE.
Train to Spot an Advantage in Every Circumstance
XXI.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO READILY SET UP FOR SOPHISTS.
Do Not Imitate Others Blindly
XXII.: OF THE CYNIC PHILOSOPHY.
Training to be a Philosopher
XXIII.: CONCERNING SUCH AS READ AND DISPUTE OSTENTATIOUSLY.
Move Your Audience to Examine Their Lives
XXIV.: THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO BE AFFECTED BY THINGS NOT IN OUR OWN POWER.
Train to be at Home Wherever You Are
XXV.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO WAVER IN THEIR PURPOSE.
Train to Achieve Your Goal
XXVI.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO ARE IN DREAD OF WANT.
Train to Confront the Fear of Death
How to Achieve Freedom
Be Committed to Your Choice
III.: WHAT THINGS ARE TO BE EXCHANGED FOR OTHERS.
Guard Your Freedom
IV.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO EARNESTLY DESIRE A LIFE OF REPOSE.
Act on What You Learned
V.: CONCERNING THE QUARRELSOME AND FEROCIOUS.
Freedom from Conflicts
VI.: CONCERNING THOSE WHO ARE ANNOYED AT BEING PITIED.
Freedom from the Opinion of Others
Freedom from Fear
VIII.: CONCERNING SUCH AS HASTILY ASSUME THE PHILOSOPHIC DRESS.
Freedom from Hasty Judgments
IX.: CONCERNING A PERSON WHO HAD GROWN IMMODEST.
Freedom from Following the Wrong Course
X.: WHAT THINGS WE ARE TO DESPISE, AND WHAT CHIEFLY TO VALUE.
Freedom from Anxieties
Freedom from Uncleanliness
Freedom from Mind Wandering
XIII.: CONCERNING SUCH AS ARE TOO COMMUNICATIVE.
Freedom from Divulging Confidences
Appendix 5
