Epictetus

Epictetus was born around AD 50 in Hierapolis, in Phrygia (in present-day Turkey). He was enslaved as a young man in Rome, where his owner, Epaphroditus, was a wealthy freedman who served the emperor Nero. He was allowed to study Stoic philosophy with the teacher Musonius Rufus, and he later gained his freedom. Ancient sources say he was lame, perhaps from mistreatment or illness. Around 93 the emperor Domitian expelled philosophers from Rome, and Epictetus moved to Nicopolis in western Greece, where he founded a school and taught for the rest of his life. He wrote nothing himself, but his student Arrian recorded his lectures in the Discourses and summarized them in a short handbook, the Enchiridion. Epictetus taught that some things are within our control, such as our judgments and choices, and others are not, such as health, wealth and reputation, and that peace of mind comes from focusing on the first. The emperor Marcus Aurelius admired him. He died around 135.

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Faith: Faith not well documented; a Stoic philosopher. Source: Wikipedia