Philosophy - Epictetus "The Enchiridion - A Stoic Handbook" A Christian Response.

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Episode Contents.
Part I. Epictetus's 'The Enchiridion’.
I. Introduction.
II. Biography - His Life.
III. What He though and taught.
IV. His Influence.
A) In Philosophy.
B) In Literature, both classic and modern.
C) In Cinema.
D) In Military Special Services Training.
E) In Secular Psychology.
Part 2. A Christian Response.
I. Background.
II. Different view of God. (Romans 8:28-39)
III. Different view of the Human Soul.
IV. Virtues Vs Love. (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
"Love and do what you will." - Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
V. Different View on the Afterlife.
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien.
"If God had wants me otherwise, He can create me otherwise." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
VI. Fatalism Verses Freewill. (Matthew 6:25-34)
"The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually. There are added to it in the course of our life things of which we have never had any suspicion. Maurice Blondel, L'Action
"Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.” Diary of a country Priest. Maurice Blondel.
VII. Different View on Human Nature. (Colossians 3:1-17)
VIII. Emotions - Good, Bad or Both.
IX. Conclusion.