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Not to be confused with Epicurus.
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Epictetus
18th-century portrait of Epictetus, including his crutch
Epictetus (/ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs/, EH-pick-TEE-təss;[3] Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher.[4][5] He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, in western Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece, where he spent the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses and Enchiridion.
Epictetus taught that philosophy is a way of life and not simply a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are beyond our control; he argues that we should accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. However, individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline.
Discourses and Enchiridion. Epictetus taught that philosophy is a way of life and not simply a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are...
Discourses of Epictetus (Greek: Ἐπικτήτου διατριβαί, Epiktētou diatribai) are a series of informal lectures by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus written down...
disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus. Although the content is mostly derived from the Discourses of Epictetus, it is not a summary of the Discourses...
Enchiridion by Epictetus, Prometheus Books, Reprint ed., January 1955. Gill C. Epictetus, The Discourses, Everyman 1995. Harvard University Press Epictetus Discourses...
Epictetus was a free cross-platform multi-database administration tool that used JVM to run. Epictetus was distributed as freeware by Antilogic Software...
that is known about the life of Epictetus is due to Arrian, in that Arrian left an Encheiridion (Handbook) of Epictetus' philosophy. After Epirus, he went...
Greek: ἐπίκτητος Φρυγία, romanized: epiktetos Phrygia; Latin: Phrygia Epictetus), so named when the region was annexed to the Attalid kingdom. Under Augustus...
(1977) Dobbin R.: "Prohairesis in Epictetus" in Ancient Philosophy XI, 111–135 (1991) John Sellars, Stoicism, pp. 114–115 The Handbook of Epictetus 20....
confirmation and seal"). The concept of amor fati has been linked to Epictetus. It has also been linked to the writings of Marcus Aurelius, who did not...
Aetolia (Greek: Αἰτωλία, romanized: Aἰtōlía) is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the...
Of the Nature of Things, Book III. Project Gutenberg. Epictetus. The Discourses of Epictetus, Book IV, Chapter 9. Translated by Percy Ewing Matheson...
published the first English-language book Epictetus. Philosopher Therapist solely focused on the philosophy of Epictetus. His approach to Stoicism, integrating...
include Cicero, Lucretius, Seneca the Younger, Musonius Rufus, Plutarch, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Augustine of Hippo, and Boethius. Italian Medieval philosophy...
original translation of selections from several stoic philosophers including Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Zeno and others. It aims to...
Seneca's letters are full of injunctions to meditate on death. The Stoic Epictetus told his students that when kissing their child, brother, or friend, they...
admirer of Epictetus. Epictetus was the most famous Stoic philosopher of the early second century. The writer Arrian had been a pupil of Epictetus at his...
reasons and to making the meaning and use of Epictetus's rules and admonitions understandable.Epictetus demanded full concentration on one's own area...
large part of his material from the Stoic Musonius Rufus, the master of Epictetus; but for Clement the real instructor is the incarnate Logos. The first...
misfortune, he rejected most aspects of Stoicism with the notable exception of Epictetus' works.[close paraphrasing] He rejected the Stoics' doctrine of a separable...
(ed.). The Apology, Phædo and Crito of Plato – The Golden Sayings of Epictetus – The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. The Harvard Classics. Vol. 2. Translated...
"Plutarch" and a work against Epictetus named Against Epictetus staging one of Plutarch’s slaves, Onesimus, arguing with Epictetus. Favorinus wrote On the Kataleptic...
have been identified.[citation needed] These include:[citation needed] Epictetus wrote: Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as...
p. 7 Davidson 1907, p. 143 Epictetus, Enchiridion, 53; Seneca, Epistles, cvii, 11. The fifth line is not found in Epictetus. Hume, David (1779). Dialogues...
and philosophers like Cicero, Seneca, Pliny the Elder, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Cato, and Columella also expressed important ideas on this ground. In...
Hemsterh (Editor), p. 393, as quoted in A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion (2009), p. 6. Paulsen, Friedrich. Immanuel Kant...
9, ad Fam. ix. 4; Epictetus, Discourses, ii. 19.2-5 Josiah B. Gould, The Philosophy of Chrysippus, pages 77-8. SUNY Press. Epictetus, Discourses, ii.19...
verses of Pythagoras, Hesiod's Works and Days, the Delphic maxims, and Epictetus' Handbook. Aphoristic collections also make up an important part of the...
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