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Epictetus
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Ep·ic·te·tus  (pk-tts) a.d. 55?-135?
Phrygian-born philosopher who popularized the Stoic ethical doctrine of limiting one's desires, believing that one should act in life as at a banquet by taking a polite portion of all that is offered.
Epictetus [ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs]
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(Biographies / Epictetus (?50-?120) M, Greek, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) ?50-?120 ad, Greek Stoic philosopher, who stressed self-renunciation and the brotherhood of man
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Noun1.Epictetus - Greek philosopher who was a Stoic (circa 50-130)
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Here help is at hand from the Greek philosopher Epictatus who said: ``It is not things in themselves that trouble us, but our opinion of things.
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Stoic philosophy can best be summarized by Epictatus (Ellis, 1962) when he proclaimed, "Men are not influenced by events, but by the views they take of events.
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