The ancient Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery but his study of Stoicism made him a free man who became very influential.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Key points Epictetus, a Stoic philosopher, taught focus on what you can control and accept what you cannot. After gaining his freedom from slavery, he opened his school and taught the emperor Hadrian.