Epictetus

Epictetus ĕpĭktēˈtəs [key], c.a.d. 50–c.a.d. 138, Phrygian Stoic philosopher. He wrote nothing, but his teachings were set down by his disciple Arrian in the Discourses and the Encheiridion. Epictetus emphasized indifference to external goods and taught that the true good is within oneself. His Stoicism was outstanding in its insistence on the doctrine of the brotherhood of man.

See study by I. Xenakis (1969).

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