Philosopher · Classical antiquity · Turkey

Epictetus

c. 50–c. 135

Stoic teacher born a slave at Hierapolis, in modern Turkey, who won his freedom and taught at Nicopolis in Greece. His pupil Arrian wrote down his talks as the Discourses and the handbook Enchiridion. He lived about 50 to 135.

Facts

Born: About 50, Hierapolis, in what is now Turkey, enslaved in Rome.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Epictetus
Died: About 135, Nicopolis, Greece.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Epictetus
School: Stoicism, freed from theory into practice.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Epictetus
Known for: The division of things into what is up to us and what is not, the core of his handbook Enchiridion.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Epictetus

Images

Frontispiece engraving of Epictetus, Oxford, 1715 (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

Connected

PhilosopherZeno of Citiumc. 334–c. 262 BC PhilosopherSenecac. 4 BC–65 AD PhilosopherMarcus Aurelius121–180

Comments

Loading comments…