Epictetus ( Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. AD 50 – 135) was a Greek-speaking Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at...

Tratto dalle lezioni che tenne presso la sua scuola nell’Epiro e redatto, insieme con i Colloqui, dal suo discepolo Arriano di Nicomedia, il Manuale di Epitteto contiene, in...

Epictetus was born nearly 2,000 years ago in Hierapolis (present-day Pamukkale in Turkey) as a slave in a wealthy household. Epaphroditus, his owner, gave him the permission to...