Stoic Advice For Hard Days

In every way the deck was stacked against Epictetus.

2,000 years ago in Hierapolis, he was born into slavery. He wasn’t even given a name–Epictetus just means “acquired one.”

He was tortured. The fruits of his labor were stolen. His body was abused. Like a horse that was ridden into the ground and then put down. Later he was unfairly exiled.

He went through unimaginable adversity and difficulty and yet he triumphed.

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