Illustration of Epictetus, with lamp and crutch, in Edward Ivie’s 1715 Latin translation of the Enchiridion. Source: Wikimedia Commons/William Sonmans/Public domain Stoic philosophy has exerted an ...
Long before Epictetus got a second act as the spirit animal of a character in Tom Wolfe’s sprawling A Man In Full, the famous Stoic philosopher was the target of a domestic robbery, losing a cherished ...