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Epictetus, Slavery, Stoicism, and the Roman Empire | Philosophers in the Midst of History

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In this thirteenth installment of our quarterly series, Philosophers in the Midst of History, I discuss the life, thought, and importance of Epictetus in his historical context. Epictetus was a Stoic philosopher, who started out a slave in the court of Nero, and eventually was freed and opened his own school. His Discourses and Enchiridion became works of major importance for Stoicism.

Other talks in this series focused upon Plato, Aristotle, Boethius, Anselm of Canterbury, Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Hannah Arendt. You can watch all the talks in this ongoing series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIj-iR53DSbEJf5z7behuTWt

The series has been renewed for this year, and we will discuss Cicero for the ancient period, Augustine of Hippo for the medieval period, John Locke for the early modern period, and Albert Camus for the late modern period.

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