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"Of all existing things, some are in our power, and others are not in our power". 

So begins the Enchiridion or Manual on the Art of Living of Epictetus, a collection of precepts that together provide a powerful philosophy for daily life. With practical grace and wisdom, the Manual addresses living with integrity, self-management, and personal freedom. The Manual is considered to be the pinnacle of Stoic philosophy, a school of Greek thought originating in the early third century BC, that holds that destructive emotions are the result of errors in judgement and taught an active relationship between individual will and cosmic determinism.

A MANUAL ON THE ART OF LIVING | EPICTETUS

This photographic book offers a visual introduction to the artistry of ancient Greek vases, exploring them not merely as beautiful vessels to bear water and wine, but also as instruments of storytelling and bearers of meaning.

Presenting the vases and their imagery in their full narrative glory,&nbsp;The Greek Vase&nbsp;interprets their forms and stories along with a variety of themes, from the adventures of the gods and mythological heroes, to expressive scenes of sexual intimacy and depictions of social, family and domestic life. Throughout, the text highlights what these pictures would have meant to the people who lived with and used them, how they have been received by later generations, and the profound influence of their form, decoration and narrative on subsequent art, architecture and literature.

THE GREEK VASE: ART OF THE STORYTELLER

Edition based on the exhibition TAKIS that presented artist's work in Tate Gallery.&nbsp;

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