Epictetus Philosopher
Epictetus (/ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs/; Greek: Ἐπίκτητος; A.D. c. 55 – 135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey), and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in north-western Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses.Epictetus taught that philosophy is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control; 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.
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External resources
- http://books.google.com/books?ie=ISO-8859-1&id=VGz_OMkbZPwC&pg=PA126
- http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Epictetus.html
- http://hdl.handle.net/10481/27535
- http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7099535M/Moral_discourses
- http://web.archive.org/web/20050519213611/http:/www.geocities.com/stoicvoice/journal/0301/sc0301b0.htm
- http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Stoic-Epictetus-Revisioning-Philosophy/dp/0820451398
- http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/stoic-ethics-9780826496089
- http://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism1.pdf
- http://www.usna.edu/Ethics/_files/documents/stoicism2.pdf
- https://archive.org/details/ldpd_10922736_000