Quote of the day
Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.
Epictetus
Born: 55
Died: 135 (aged 80)
Bio: Epictetus was a Greek speaking Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia, and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in north-western Greece for the rest of his life.
Known for:
- Discourses of Epictetus
- Enchiridion of Epictetus (125 AD)
- Discourses and selected writings
- Golden Sayings of Epictetus
- A manual for living
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