Handbook and 'Etica Para Amador'

Just by reading the first few chapter of Handbook, I noticed that, despite the name of the author (Epicteus) you can tell the book was written long ago. There are many clues to this, for example when he states "Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our publoc offices" (Section one, Handbook). It is long ago since public offices were assigned. These days you choose what to study, what to work on, what to do in life. There was another part that was quite obvious, when he says "and will blame both gods and men" (Section one, Handbook). It has been a while now since the last time we praised many gods. I guess there are still some people who do so, but they wouldn't write about it in a book. The most obvious one, though, is at the beggining of the book, in the introduction, when they say "Epicteus (A.D. 50-130)" (Introduction, Handbook).

This book reminded me of a book I am reading for ethics class, in spanish, called 'Etica para Amador', by Fernando Savater. It reminds me because in some way it says the opposite. When Epicteus says "When you are about to undertake some action, remind yourself of what sort of action it is. If you are going out for a bath, put before your mind what happens at baths" (Section 4, Handbook). The book for my ethics class said the opposite. It stated that life is simple and we should not worry about simple things, like those, but do them naturally, because whe are accustomed to it.