Epictetus' 'Golden Sayings' Stoicism: The Slave Who Became a Philosopher | HC2 Ep7

Epictetus' "Golden Sayings" Stoicism: The Slave Who Became a Philosopher

Epictetus is one of my favorite stoic philosophers. A Greek philosopher who was a roman slave under the rule of Nero his life was a series of craziness. From his wit to his straightforwardness, I enjoy reading his works immensely. From his humble beginnings as a slave just trying to survive to his influence on emperors and generals, Epictetus has earned his place in history. I truly hope you enjoy this book on Epictetus's Golden Sayings as much as I did. Enjoy the 7 episode in this Harvard Classics series.

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[scottmorschhauser]

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[RobPirieCedarOtaCoffee]

Would have been nice to sip some coffee with Epictetus and discuss life!

[The_Cause]

What are your thoughts on Epictetus? He is one of my favorites when it comes to Stoicism! Thanks so much for watching!

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I'm enjoying this series. I hope you will complete the entire collection!

[spatch]

Everything that goes mainstream goes to shit - this happened with stoicism and the rise of countless "influencers" who talk about it. Your video, however, is not like one of those i talked about. You really kept the main ideas, without masking it with some "retvrn to the old ways" bait. Good work

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[wzzkdd]

7:10 know thy self, same thing AL Ghazali said in his book titled the alchemy of happiness
those who know themselves, know God

[wzzkdd]

16:40 Changes are always good, spot on

people say to me- "how did you change so much"

well I would be more concerned if I didn't change as this indicates I didn't seek knowledge nor work on myself

[mikecook_author]

It’s a shame these Epictetus saying are fragments.

[wzzkdd]

8:50 for sure, but many people doesn't like to hear the bitter truth

one of the great Islamic Scholar who was known for his immense ability to use his mind - Imam Sha3fi- was asked "how did you attain such great behavior"
he said that he listened to the statements of his detractors

[GoodWoman]

This is good for the time. Today we do know more, mostly through global communications and neuroscience. When we have lived through hardship we do have brain impacts. I think of them as a kind of internal scar. It is there and I need to figure out how to manage it and perhaps how it shapes me so I can build the life I seek. I know it always involves doing, however small, good things for my health consistently. What I don’t accept is the idea that the individual must accept their social, economic or educational status in life. We have the ability to alter our circumstances and build very different lives than circumstances, birth or otherwise, have tried to impose on us.

[wzzkdd]

12:22 that's a very deep line and one of the problem in marriage, people get too accustom to their partner so the marriage becomes boring

that's why we should work on ourselves after marriage more in order to keep the. chemistry

[claremc]

Thanks for another great video - I really needed the summation this time! I've been listening to these books on audio and this one definitely doesn't suit that format. I want to pause and digest after each sentence, but then the narrator carries right on and you lose your thought. I'll go back and read it properly for sure. I do remember that he talked about Socrates a lot (makes the order of the volumes make sense!). He said that Socrates was not really in prison because he was there willingly. Freedom from imprisonment is accepting and making the best of our situations and the choices and circumstances that brought us here. Complaining and dissatisfaction with what God has given us is imprisoning ourselves.

[davidscottwills]

A gentleman AND a scholar. Great summary, thanks for making the hard stuff so easy to understand

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[wzzkdd]

5:12 very interesting because one example of such, we tend to complain to God when we're ill but God give us healthy faculties, like a healthy body, mind but we messed it up by eating junk foods, watching movies all the time and not working the body/ mind out

[jondrive]

Be drowned without fear! Love the seafaring story

[outisaudio]

Thanks for doing this series; I'm really enjoying it so far. I am doing my own abridged reading of many classic works with a book of selections from the great English poets and writers from Beowulf to the 1900s, with short essays on the history of each period. What's most interesting and humbling about the classics is not the prose or even the contents but the familiarity. To realize that Beowulf could be just about any superhero and that the companions of the Canterbury Tales joke with each other like guys in coach on an airplane. They spoke what was practically a different language, but they spoke about the same things! It seems there truly is nothing new under the sun.

[wzzkdd]

10:20 I would disagree "there's no one who's a complete stoic, then I invite you brother to read the biography of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

you'll see the definition of stoicism in the earth. there's alot of slander on the Prophet by people of ignorance so if you came across them then most likely it is out of context or outright lies, so don't let this stop you 🙂