EPICTETUS
\ˈɛpɪktˌɛtəs], \ˈɛpɪktˌɛtəs], \ˈɛ_p_ɪ_k_t_ˌɛ_t_ə_s]\
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A Greek Stoic philosopher; born at Hierapolis in Phrygia, about 50 A. D. A slave and then a freedman at Rome, he taught philosophy there till 94, when all philosophers were banished by Domitian; apparently returned later and lived into Hadrian's reign. The essential tenets of Stoicism are nowhere more clearly or feelingly set forth than by him. No writings of his are known; but his maxims were gathered and published in the "Encheiridion", or Handbook, and the "Commentaries", in eight books, of which four are lost. The latest English translation of the latter, Col. Higginson's (1891), is entitled "The Discourses of Epictetus".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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