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

Chief among the schools of ancient philosophy were the Academics led by Plato, the Peripatetics by Aristotle, the Epicureans by Epicurus, and the Stoics founded by Zeno of Citium. Only Stoicism, now ...

A Translation from the Greek, based on that of Elizabeth Carter. By THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. Boston : Little, Brown, & Co. HAPPY the youth who has this Stoic repast fresh and untasted before him !

Stoic philosopher Epictetus's timeless quote, 'Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise ...

Epictetus’ quote shows why leaders must define who they want to be before deciding what to do in a fast-changing workplace.

Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations, Lifehacker’s weekly dip into the pool of stoic wisdom, and how you can use its waters to reflect on and improve your life. Be it a skill, craft, or just general ...

Begin by prescribing to yourself some character and demeanour, such as you may preserve both alone and in company. Be mostly silent, or speak merely what is needful, and in few words. We may, however, ...

The first-century Stoic philosopher and teacher Epictetus was an enslaved person who succeeded in getting an education and, eventually, his freedom. Images of freedom, slavery and self-belonging ...

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