The Roman Socrates
by Musonius Rufus · translated by Julian Morrow
A new English translation, made directly from the original language.
The teacher of Epictetus, exiled three times for philosophy. His surviving lectures are Stoicism at its most practical: food, family, exile, and how to live with both hands.
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