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The Daily Stoic

Epictetus’s Five Most Significant Quotes

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Business, 694393, Society & Culture, Daily Stoic, Stoic, Education, Ryan Holiday, Philosophy, Stoic Philosophy, Stoicism, Self-improvement

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In today's Sunday Podcast, Ryan talks about Epictetus, who from birth was enslaved yet still managed to become one of the most significant founders of Stoicism, and gives five of his most important quotes.

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2:28.0

Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoke Podcast. I hope everyone is doing great.

2:36.0

It's a crazy world out there, crazy, and not all that different than the world.

2:45.0

Our friend, Epictetus lived in, political corruption, civil unrest.

2:51.0

All of the things that we are struggling with today would not be unfamiliar to Epictetus and he had to add on top of that some 30 years of slavery.

3:05.0

And so I think at the core then of Epictetus's teachings is a quote we're going to kick through a little bit today.

3:12.0

This idea that philosophy is something you embody, it's not just something you talk about.

3:17.0

Obviously that's tricky for me because my job is in some respects talking about it, but I hope that you understand that I like you and ultimately struggling to apply these things in the real world.

3:31.0

That's why we're here. That's what we are trying to do. There's no reason to study the philosophy for shits and giggles if you will.

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