Epictetus
At a glance:
- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Philosophers, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Slavery, Slaves, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Ancient History
Article abstract: Epictetus revived early Greek Stoicism, emphasizing tolerance of pain and the freedom of the soul. His teachings were admired by early Christians, who found them consonant with their own reactions to persecution.
Early Life
Epictetus was born a slave around the year 55 in the commercially significant city of Hierapolis between the rivers Maeander and Lycus in the country of Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), which was the eastern stretch of the Roman Empire. His master, Epaphroditus, was a freed slave who worked under Emperor Nero as an...
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