Epictetus, n.Definitions

Epictetus (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠among the greatest talkers of antiquity: there is more realistic dialogue in this philosopher than in all the playwrights.

Epictetus's (n.) ideal ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠man is the silent, self-sufficient slave within universal enslavement: he does not hope or accept his best as a gift, he holds it in his own hand and defends it against the world — Christianity was made for the weak-willed mass of slaves.