Epictetus
Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher whose teachings focused on ethics, self-mastery, freedom, and distinguishing what lies within human control. His ideas survive chiefly through Arrian’s Discourses and Enchiridion, foundational Stoic texts that have been translated widely and have influenced moral philosophy, leadership writing, and modern therapeutic thought.
Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore
Epictetus was born around 50 CE in Hierapolis, in Phrygia, and began life in bondage under Epaphroditus, a powerful freedman connected to Nero’s court. That background shaped the moral seriousness for which he later became known. Though enslaved, he studied philosophy in Rome under the Stoic teacher Musonius Rufus and absorbed a view of freedom that depended not on status but on the governance of one’s own mind. By the time he was freed, he had already developed the core conviction that would define his legacy: that human beings cannot command events, but they can command their judgments, choices, and responses.
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"Epictetus was a Greek philosopher associated with the Stoics"
— Britannica
"Epictetus was a Stoic philosopher best known for his works The Enchiridion and his Discourses"
— World History Encyclopedia
"The Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born a slave, around 55 A.D., in Hierapolis"
— The New Yorker
"Epictetus has had significant influence on the popular moralistic tradition"
— Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"Epictetus was a Greek philosopher who believed that man should concern himself only with what he can control"
— Encyclopedia.com
"Epictetus was a former slave who taught Stoic philosophy in Rome and northern Greece"
— The Guardian
"Epictetus was an exponent of Stoicism who flourished in the early second century C.E"
— Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"Epictetus is perhaps the most mysterious of the Stoic writers"
— Philosophy Now
"Epictetus is a very different type of man, though closely akin as a philosopher"
— Bertrand Russell
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