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Beschreibung | Epictetus (/ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs/; Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, in western Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses and Enchiridion. |
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
God has entrusted me with myself.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
