Epictetus
historical figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages · author page · cited 4 times in 2 works
an Epictetus
in the texts
Meditations
Stoic philosopher quoted for the maxim describing man as a little soul carrying a corpse.
You are a little soul carrying a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
How many a Chrysippus, how many a Socrates, how many an Epictetus has eternity already swallowed down!
As one kisses his child, Epictetus used to say, one should whisper within, "Perhaps tomorrow you will die.
The Rights of War and Peace
Stoic philosopher whose discourse on debt, recorded by Arrian, is invoked.
On this topic, Arrian in Epictetus argues rightly, that the borrowing of money is not the only requisite to make a debt, but there must be the additional circumstance of the loan remaining undischarged.