# Epictetus (@epictetus)

Epictetus is a major figure in intellectual history, associated with Stoic agency, judgment, discipline, and the distinction between what is and is not up to us. The evidence and authorship of surviving texts require historical care. The profile separates later reputation from defensible claims about arguments and reception.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Epictetus's public record._

## Topics

- [What depends on us](/@epictetus/control.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ideas and Method](/@epictetus/ideas-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Philosophical practice](/@epictetus/practice.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Reception and Legacy](/@epictetus/reception-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Social roles](/@epictetus/social-roles.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Texts and Historical Context](/@epictetus/texts-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/search/searcher.py?query=Epictetus
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Epictetus
- blog: https://iep.utm.edu/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "epictetus", "question": "…"}`.