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: Actually, Epictetus was born between 40-60 A.D., about the time of the writing of the new testament. John Bonforte has written some good books on the Eman. "Epictetus: A Dialogue in Common Sense." : : I just read "A Man in Full", by Tom Wolffe, and I thought : : that you could find intresting that Wolffe is : : the reason because I ended up typing the name of this : : (now I know) great philosopher in a web searcher. : : In Wolffe's novel, an inocent man goes to prison, : : leaving his pregnant wife alone with their other child. : : To avoid jail, this man most plead guilty, though he's : : not, and somehow, he just can't stand that. So now he's : : in jail and he is expecting a copy of a book he ordered : : by mail, something called "The stoics game of..." or something : : but instead, thanks to a mistake, he gets a copy of : : "The Stoics", by Epictetus, and suddenly he finds himself : : enlightened, and a link is grown between this working : : cl man of today in the US and this greek philosopher : : born before Christ.

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