Epictetus
person on 8 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes · said 35 times in 14 episodes since 2016
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 8 mentions in 1 episode
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2023 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2022 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2021 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2016 3 mentions in 1 episode
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Holiday: Stoic Musonius Rufus argued for genderless virtue in ancient Rome
“Musonius Rufus, who's Epictetus's philosophy teacher, is like, He gives a speech on, he says, should women be taught philosophy? He says, is virtue the same in men and in women? And he makes this argument, you know, in Rome around the first century that virtue…”
James Clear: Epictetus's Manual for Living is the most accessible Stoic work
“I really like Manual for Living by Epictetus. In my opinion, it's the most accessible of the Stoic works.”