Epictetus

[ep-ik-tee-tuhs]

noun

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

Epictetus

/ ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• Epictetian adjective

Example Sentences

Throughout the novel, Rhys references Kant, De Beauvoir, Sartre, Virginia Woolf and Epictetus, among others, using knowledge as a balm and escape hatch.

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For Republicans, freedom does not mean, as Epictetus said, that "No man is free who is not master of himself."

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Epictetus is well-known for articulating this concept in his "Enchiridion" and "Discourses."

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Epictetus, a formerly enslaved Greek, became a highly influential Stoic philosopher studied by Marcus Aurelius.

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“When you imagine some pleasure,” the Stoic philosopher Epictetus wrote to his students, “wait a while, and give yourself pause.”

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