The famous Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, once said, "Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it." This means that we should live our beliefs, not just talk about them. So, what does this mean, and how ...

Epictetus was a Greek philosopher from present-day Turkey. He was born into slavery around 55 AD and worked for a wealthy household. With permission, he learned about philosophy and came to realize ...

A Translation from the Greek, based on that of Elizabeth Carter. By THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. Boston : Little, Brown, & Co. HAPPY the youth who has this Stoic repast fresh and untasted before him !

Illustration of Epictetus, with lamp and crutch, in Edward Ivie’s 1715 Latin translation of the Enchiridion. Wikimedia Commons/William Sonmans/Public domain Stoic philosophy has exerted an important ...

In ancient times, there were no psychologists, only philosophers. The Greek philosopher Epictetus was actually a social psychologist who founded a school of philosophy in 68 AD. He writes, “it is ...