Epictetus was a Greek philosopher from present-day Turkey. He was born into slavery around 55 AD and worked for a wealthy household. With permission, he learned about philosophy and came to ...

Epictetus, a Stoic philosopher, taught focus on what you can control and accept what you cannot. After gaining his freedom from slavery, he opened his school and taught the emperor Hadrian.

The United States’ current political climate has parallels to the last few centuries B.C. in ancient Rome, home of notable Stoics like the the philosopher Epictetus, a former slave, and the ...

Epictetus was a Greek philosopher from present-day Turkey. He was born into slavery around 55 AD and worked for a wealthy household. With permission, ...

Illustration of Epictetus, with lamp and crutch, in Edward Ivie’s 1715 Latin translation of the Enchiridion. Wikimedia Commons/William Sonmans/Public domain Stoic philosophy has exerted an ...

The United States’ current political climate has parallels to the last few centuries B.C. in ancient Rome, home of notable Stoics like the the philosopher Epictetus, a former slave, and the ...

Epictetus was a Greek philosopher from present-day Turkey. He was born into slavery around 55 AD and worked for a wealthy household. With permission, ...