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Depression in children; "Let not another's disobedience to Nature become an ill to you;" Epictetus, (A.D. c. 50-c. 138), Stoic philosopher That we ought not to be affected by Things not in our own Power. Chap. xxiv.(If Symptoms Persist)
; Byline: DR. BRIX PUJALTE WOULD it have made a difference if Mariannet Amper (suicide@12 years old) read Epictetus? The Roman slave turned freedman turned Stoic philosopher wrote centuries ago: For you were not born to be depressed and unhappy...
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Tom Wolfe's Epictetus.
; ...the teachings of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus. The fictional character, Conrad Hensley...page promises The complete writings of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, C. Musonius, Rufus...were an animal in a cage, he finds in Epictetus' teachings a sense of his own worth...
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Epictetus' rules for a balanced life
; ...to numbness, the original Stoics sought to maintain a balance between life's highs and lows. Here are 15 key teachings of Epictetus, born in 55 A.D.: 1. Know what you can control and what you cannot. 2. Make full use of what happens to you. 3. Seeking to...
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We shall prevail; "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." - EPICTETUS.(Chaff from the Grain)
; Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA THE Filipino people are a spoiled race. Spoiled by their government since independence. The people look down on the government literally as their unquestioning servant whose duty it is to spoon-feed them and solve their problems too. The government, any postwar
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Year-end; "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." - EPICTETUS.(Chaff from the Grain)
; Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA THAT is what President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo precisely set out to do in 2007, and did what she had to do, and came out triumphant as the year ends. The year 2007 was by no means a walk in the park for the Arroyo administration. Between the shoals of political
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(book review)
; EPICTETUS: DISCOURSES BOOK 1. By ROBERT DOBBIN. Oxford: Oxford...Clarendon Press, 1998. Pp. xxiv, 256. One might argue that Epictetus has been the most influential Stoic writer of all time...posterity. Four books of Discourses, plus the compendium of Epictetus's thought entitled The Handbook (Encheiridion), ...
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ANCIENT ADVICE
; ...for Living," the selected teachings of Epictetus, as interpreted by Sharon Lebell. The...confirmation, as well as one for myself. Epictetus is a name I remember from my history...philosophy of Stoicism. I learned again that Epictetus was Marcus Aurelius' teacher and that...
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Generation of excess finds ancient key to the good life
; ...finds solace in the Stoic philosophy of Epictetus, a slave who drew his last breath around...recalling a US Naval Academy lecture on Epictetus and the Stoics. It is not only novels...languished on glass coffee tables. Now Epictetus looks like becoming another modern-day...
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Jaime Richards column: Learning to be elite
; ...But that's because you haven't studied Epictetus (Epic-tee-tus). Nearly two millenniums ago, Epictetus was born to a Roman slave. He worked his...Tony Allen about a seminar he taught on Epictetus. (Isn't it interesting how, when certain...
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Dusting off the philosophies of a former Roman slave
; ...over Plato and Socrates. Make room for Epictetus. The Stoic who has waited, well, stoically...best-selling A Man In Full, which uses Epictetus' teachings of self-control as the springboard...from months of negative sales. Harvard's Epictetus: Discourses, Books 1-2, first published...
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