Epictetus

Epictetus (c. 50–135 CE) was a Greek Stoic philosopher born into slavery in Hierapolis (modern Turkey). Freed as a youth, he taught in Rome and later Nicopolis, guiding students through practical ethics grounded in volition (prohairesis) and the distinction between what we can control and what we cannot. His Discourses and Enchiridion remain foundational Stoic texts.