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Definition of Epictetus

1. Noun. Greek philosopher who was a Stoic (circa 50-130).

Definition of Epictetus

1. Proper noun. A Greek Stoic philosopher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Epictetus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Epictetus (FIRST CENTURY AD ?) BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON THE three great authors among the later Stoics, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus offers the most ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"Epictetus. Visions ! mental deities ! Are you timid ? then Fear is your god! ... Epictetus. The splendor of the world ! giving and taking ..."

3. Classical (imaginary) Conversations: Greek, Roman, Modern by Walter Savage Landor, Graeme Mercer Adam (1901)
"I cursed them audibly, and before the sun, my mother I Epictetus AND ... Epictetus ! I will give you three talents to let me take that sentiment for my own. ..."

4. The Library of Original Sources by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1907)
"Epictetus Epictetus was born in Phrygia in the latter half of the first century ... Origen writes that when Epaphroditus was torturing him, Epictetus said ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The empress sent him the same amount, but he sent it to the emperor, saying: "If he does not need it, let him give it to Auxentius or Epictetus, ..."

6. The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism by Julian Hawthorne, John Russell Young, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, John Porter Lamberton (1906)
"Epictetus, of Hierapolis in Phrygia, was eminent among the Stoics of the first century of our era. He was originally the slave of Epaphroditus, ..."

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