Epictetus is most frequently mentioned in connection with a series of medallions on plates in the British Museum in London and the Cabinet des Médailles in Paris. The medallion paintings represent a “Young Man on His Horse” and a “Man” (possibly Silenus) on his way home from a banquet...
dialect. The koiné is singularly the language of the NT, certain ephemeral types of papyri and possibly the writings of the Stoic philosopher, Epictetus (a.d. 60-140). In essence, the NT speech is the conversation of the street and market place. It is with rare exception uninfluenced by...
the pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus, the Greek rhetorician Isocrates, the Greek dramatist Menander, the Roman politician Cato the Elder, the Latin writer Publilius, the Pythagorean collections, the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, the unknown Sextus, the Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry, and the Gospel ...
"The individual who promoted this idea was a Stoic philosopher His name is Epictetus, "he says." And what the Stoics say in general is simply this. There is a larger plan in life. You are not really going to be able to understand all of the dimerisions of this pl...
As a consequence, Pyrrhonism has induced viscerally negative reactions from other philosophers, from antiquity to modernity. The Stoic philosopher Epictetus – famous for urging people to “bear and forbear” – was so riled by Pyrrhonism that he thought Pyrrhonists should be tortured (DiscoursesBook...
Stopworryingaboutwhatyoucannotcontrol [D]Aswebegintoexamineourlife,Soupiossays,wecometoRuleNo.2:Worryonlyaboutthingsthatyoucancontrol.TheindividualwhopromotedthisideawasaStoicphilosopher.HisnameisEpictetus,hesays.AndwhattheStoicssayingeneralissimplythis:Thereisalargerplaninlife.Youarenotreallygoingtobeableto...
since his teachings became the semiofficial philosophy of theRoman Catholic Church. Such is the respect in which Aquinas held Aristotle that he referred to him simply as The Philosopher. Indeed, it is not too far from the truth to say that the chief aim of Aquinas’s work was toreconcileAr...
[D] As we begin to examine our life, Soupios says, we come to Rule No.2: Worry only about things that you can control. "The individual who promoted this idea was a Stoic philosopher His name is Epictetus, "he says." And what the Stoics say in general is simply this. There is a...
The works of ancient biographers such as Plutarch and Diogenes Laertius recount many historical suicide tales: Pythagoras, Socrates, Zeno, Demosthenes, the statesman Marc Antony, the stoic philosopher Seneca, and his wife Paulina. In addition, Graeco-Roman literature provides a number of examples of...
Stoic and Neo-Platonic Philosopher Lucretius (c. 98-55) Roman poet and Epicurean philosopher Philosophers of the 1st Century CE Epictetus (50 - 138) Roman philosopher Marcus Aurelius (121-180) Roman emperor and philosopher Philosophers of the 3rd Century CE ...