For centuries, Stoicism was virtually the unofficial religion of the Roman world The stress on endurance, self-restrain
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The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity. “Some things are up to
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Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (54–68 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Muso
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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. The happiness of your lif
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Only fragments survive of the writings of the Valentinian Gnostic teacher Heracleon (fl. 145-180 AD). The remnants can b
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The Enchiridion or Handbook of the first-century AD Stoic Epictetus was used as an ethical treatise both in Christian mo
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