Epictetus

[ ep-ik-tee-tuhs ]

noun

1. a.d. c60–c120, Greek Stoic philosopher and teacher, mainly in Rome.

Epictetus

/ ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs /

noun

1. Epictetus?50?120MGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ?50–?120 ad , Greek Stoic philosopher, who stressed self-renunciation and the brotherhood of man

Other Words From

• Ep·ic·te·tian [ep-ik-, tee, -sh, uh, n], adjective

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A great many of the writers are philosophers, some quite famous (Epictetus).

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No ancient teacher enjoined the duties based on an immutable morality with more force than Confucius, Buddha, and Epictetus.

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If anybody advanced philosophy among the Romans it was Epictetus, and even he only in the realm of ethics.

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Epictetus and Luella and Gladys and Gaynor had all burrowed out of sight into the ground.

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Epictetus, a slave, won as complete inward freedom as Marcus Aurelius, an emperor.

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The master of Epictetus, who beat him, acted basely, and the slave beaten by him showed a sublime soul.

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