Epictetus

Authors

Arthur W. Klinck, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

12-1-1961

Document Type

Article

Keywords

epictetus, cosmos, philosophy, slave, power, property, respect

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Some time around the year A. D. 70, about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, a lame and sickly little slave boy was added to the great household of Epaphroditus, freedman and favorite of Nero. Certainly there was nothing to recommend him physically. Yet it may be that that patience and perseverance of spirit so evident throughout his discourses had already begun to show itself in a certain nobility of demeanor which slave work could not erase and slave clothes could not conceal.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Klinck, Arthur W. (1961) "Epictetus," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 32, Article 76.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol32/iss1/76