Epictetus
Ancient Greek (Stoic)
Famous For
Enchiridion, Discourses aur Stoic philosophy ki practical seekh
Genre
Philosophy, Stoicism, Self-Help
Born
c. 50 CE — c. 135 CE
Books on Site
1 audiobook
Epictetus ke baare mein
Epictetus ek prachin Greek Stoic darshanik the jinki seekh aaj bhi duniya bhar mein padhi jaati hai. Maana jaata hai ki unka janam lagbhag 50 CE mein Hierapolis (aaj ka Turkey) mein hua tha. Unka shuruaati jeevan ek gulaam ke roop mein beeta. Rome mein ve Epaphroditus naam ke vyakti ke gulaam the, jo samraat Nero ke darbar se jude the.
Gulaami ke dauraan hi unhone Stoic shikshak Musonius Rufus se darshan seekha. Baad mein ve azaad hue aur Rome mein padhane lage. Pehli sadi ke ant ke aas-paas samraat Domitian ne darshanikon ko Rome se nikaal diya, tab Epictetus Greece ke Nicopolis chale gaye aur wahan apna school shuru kiya, jahan ve jeevan bhar padhate rahe.
Unki kendriya seekh yeh hai ki kuch cheezein hamare control mein hain, jaise hamare vichar, ichchhayein aur faisle, aur kuch nahi, jaise sharir, sampatti aur doosron ki raay. Unke anusaar hamein pareshani cheezon se nahi, balki unke baare mein hamari soch se hoti hai. In vichaaron ka asar Marcus Aurelius jaise baad ke Stoic vicharakon par pada, aur aaj ki psychology mein bhi inki goonj sunai deti hai.
Epictetus ne khud kuch nahi likha. Unke shishya Arrian ne unke lectures ko 'Discourses' aur ek chhoti handbook 'Enchiridion' ke roop mein sanjoya. HindiAudiobook.com par 'Enchiridion' Hindi mein sun sakte hain, jo roz ki zindagi mein Stoic soch ko samajhne ka ek saral parichay hai.