Sayings of Epictetus

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Cover of the book Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus, Thomas William Hazen Rolleston, Boston : Privately printed by N.H. Dole
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Author: Epictetus, Thomas William Hazen Rolleston ISBN: 1230001719765
Publisher: Boston : Privately printed by N.H. Dole Publication: June 14, 2017
Imprint: The Delphic Edition of The Breviary Treasures consists of 475 copies printed on French hand-made paper, of which the source copy of this work is number 152. Language: English
Author: Epictetus, Thomas William Hazen Rolleston
ISBN: 1230001719765
Publisher: Boston : Privately printed by N.H. Dole
Publication: June 14, 2017
Imprint: The Delphic Edition of The Breviary Treasures consists of 475 copies printed on French hand-made paper, of which the source copy of this work is number 152.
Language: English

St. Augustine called Epictetus the most noble of Stoics, and if we may judge of him by the utterances recorded by his disciple, Flavius Arrian, who took them down from his lips at Nicopolis, we cannot help agreeing with this encomium.  Arrian declares that they were not put into literary form, were merely "such things as one man might say to another on occasion," but that they represent the highest thought of the Master who, when he spoke, had but one aim - "to stir his hearers' minds toward the best things."
Almost nothing is known of Epictetus' life.  He was born in Hieropolis, near the Phrygian Meander.  He became the slave of Epaphroditus, whose character may be surmised when it is stated that he was the favorite of the Emperor Nero.  There is a legend to the effect that Epaphroditus, who had himself been a slave, was twisting Epictetus' leg for amusement.  Epictetus remarked, "If you persist, you will break my leg."  Epaphroditus went on and broke the leg.  Epictetus' only comment was: "Did I not warn you that you would break my leg?"
However cruelly the master may have treated the slave, he sent him to attend the lectures on philosophy by Musonius Rufus, the son of a Roman knight, and a very celebrated Stoic, whose works have unfortunately all perished.  Just as Russian noblemen used to have poets and musicians among their serfs, so the Romans were proud to attach philosophers and scholars to their retinues.  Often, undoubtedly, the prisoner of war, sold as a slave, may have been a mand of more consequence than his fortuitous owner.  Nero, whose cruelties and excesses were beginning to stir the Romans to revolt, committed suicide with the aid of Epaphroditus in 67 A.D.  Epaphroditus himself was put to death by Domitian, and when that cruel emperor expelled all the philosophers from Rome with the exception of Musonius Rufus, Epictetus went to Nicopolis, the city of Augustus.

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St. Augustine called Epictetus the most noble of Stoics, and if we may judge of him by the utterances recorded by his disciple, Flavius Arrian, who took them down from his lips at Nicopolis, we cannot help agreeing with this encomium.  Arrian declares that they were not put into literary form, were merely "such things as one man might say to another on occasion," but that they represent the highest thought of the Master who, when he spoke, had but one aim - "to stir his hearers' minds toward the best things."
Almost nothing is known of Epictetus' life.  He was born in Hieropolis, near the Phrygian Meander.  He became the slave of Epaphroditus, whose character may be surmised when it is stated that he was the favorite of the Emperor Nero.  There is a legend to the effect that Epaphroditus, who had himself been a slave, was twisting Epictetus' leg for amusement.  Epictetus remarked, "If you persist, you will break my leg."  Epaphroditus went on and broke the leg.  Epictetus' only comment was: "Did I not warn you that you would break my leg?"
However cruelly the master may have treated the slave, he sent him to attend the lectures on philosophy by Musonius Rufus, the son of a Roman knight, and a very celebrated Stoic, whose works have unfortunately all perished.  Just as Russian noblemen used to have poets and musicians among their serfs, so the Romans were proud to attach philosophers and scholars to their retinues.  Often, undoubtedly, the prisoner of war, sold as a slave, may have been a mand of more consequence than his fortuitous owner.  Nero, whose cruelties and excesses were beginning to stir the Romans to revolt, committed suicide with the aid of Epaphroditus in 67 A.D.  Epaphroditus himself was put to death by Domitian, and when that cruel emperor expelled all the philosophers from Rome with the exception of Musonius Rufus, Epictetus went to Nicopolis, the city of Augustus.

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