{"title":"EPHILO ORIGINAL — Education — English","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal EPHILO work on philosophical education and the formation of thinking, in English.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"education-moral-progress-epictetus-english-ebook","title":"Education and Moral Progress in the Philosophy of Epictetus","description":"\u003ch2\u003eStoic Education as a Practice of Freedom\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to make genuine moral progress—and how can philosophical education transform the way we live?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducation and Moral Progress in the Philosophy of Epictetus\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive study of Stoic ethics and of philosophy understood as a disciplined practice of life. Drawing closely on Epictetus' \u003cem\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEncheiridion\u003c\/em\u003e, Dr Ioannis S. Christodoulou examines the condition of the person who has left an unreflective life behind and begun the demanding journey towards virtue and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Path of Moral Progress\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of the study is \u003cem\u003eprohairesis\u003c\/em\u003e: the human faculty of volition and moral choice. 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Christodoulou develops philosophy not as the passive acquisition of doctrines, but as a capacity that can be practised: returning to the concrete, creating the philosophical gap, forming the right question, making distinctions, testing judgement, returning thought to the Self, allowing the Other and the public world to resist, and finally formulating, acting proportionately and beginning again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book moves from the desire to become a philosopher through questioning, distinction, judgement, self-knowledge, dialogue, conflict, education, institutions and public life, before arriving at philosophy as a continuing form of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter combines philosophical analysis, carefully identified source material, critical distinctions, concrete examples and practical exercises designed to make the movements of philosophical thought visible and repeatable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe central educational principle is independence:\u003c\/strong\u003e the method succeeds when the reader becomes increasingly capable of questioning, judging, revising and beginning again without dependence on the book or the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDefinitive Edition 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBritish English edition\u003cbr\u003e\n32 chapters · 8 parts\u003cbr\u003e\nDigital edition: EPUB3 + PDF\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished by EPHILO International Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis work is philosophical and educational in purpose. 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