Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived in the first and second centuries AD. He was born a slave in the Roman Empire, but eventually gained his freedom and became a renowned teacher of Stoic philosophy. He is best known for his teachings on
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Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia and lived in Rome until his banishment, after which he spent the rest of his life in Nicopolis in northwestern Greece.