Marcus Aurelius as Disciple of Epictetus
How much did the former slave influence the future emperor?
Epictetus was the most important Stoic philosopher of the Roman Imperial period, and perhaps even the most influential philosophy teacher in Roman history. We can see that he had considerable influence over Marcus Aurelius but the relationship between them probably requires some explanation.
Ancient Stoicism took different forms. The rhetorician Athen…
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