Trial underway in the Senate? It's workout time.
Epictetus, Discourses 1.1 (Agrippinus)
Trial underway in the Senate? It's workout time.
Epictetus, Discourses 1.1 (Agrippinus)
The source
"Trial underway in the Senate? It's workout time." Epictetus said it in Discourses 1.1 (Agrippinus). Translated by George Long, 1877.
"it is the fifth hour of the day ... let us go and take our exercise"George Long, 1877, Discourses 1.1 (Agrippinus). Said by the Stoic Agrippinus, as told by Epictetus.
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 "Trial underway in the Senate? It's workout time."?
- Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Source: Discourses 1.1 (Agrippinus).
- What is the original wording?
- it is the fifth hour of the day ... let us go and take our exercise (George Long, 1877). Translated by George Long, 1877.
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