Not Socrates yet? Live like someone who wants to be.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 51
Not Socrates yet? Live like someone who wants to be.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 51
The source
"Not Socrates yet? Live like someone who wants to be." Epictetus said it in Enchiridion 51. Translated by George Long, 1877.
"though you are not yet a Socrates, ought to live as one who wishes to be a Socrates"George Long, 1877, Enchiridion 51.
Who said it
Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Born enslaved, became the most influential Stoic teacher of his age. His student Arrian wrote down the Discourses and the Enchiridion.
Questions
- Who said "Not Socrates yet? Live like someone who wants to be."?
- Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Source: Enchiridion 51.
- What is the original wording?
- though you are not yet a Socrates, ought to live as one who wishes to be a Socrates (George Long, 1877). Translated by George Long, 1877.
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