AND I GOTTA SAY!
I'm only a bit into it and I already like him so much more than Marcus Aurelius. Let me tell you. Aurelius is alright, kind of, sometimes confusing and flawed and self contradictory (what philosopher isn't though, huh?). But he's sooo stuffy and self serious. Epictetus? So far? Dude basically cloaks his arguments in hyperbole and sarcasm. I half feel like I'm reading philosophy written by a subdued Oscar Wilde or something.
Telling Dala about Saint Augustine and how he was a Christian convert who's previous beliefs shaped quite a bit of his philosophy but for the life of me I couldn't remember the name of his previous faith even though I knew the gist of it. I had to look it up. Manichaeism. How could I forget that? Seriously.
Either I'm getting forgetful cause I'm getting old or I'm getting forgetful cause I try to remember too much these days. Maybe both.
Oh well.
Back to Epictetus. The man's a riot.
Edit: Just saw I mis-spelled and left off Robert's last name in my title. Gonna leave it like that. The stoic in Robert is just gonna have to accept that.
Edit 2: Picture is of a Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis performing a threat display. Cause we can all use a bit more nature in our lives, even if it's just a photo.