D. E. Wittkower, PhD, is a Professor of Philosophy and Chair at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and works primarily in philosophy of technology and the philosophy of everyday life and popular culture. He is editor of Facebook and Philosophy, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy, Mr. Monk and Philosophy, and iPod and Philosophy; has written articles for Slate and Speakeasy, as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters; and has recorded a dozen audiobooks with Librivox.org.
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Epictetus (Greek: ?????????; c.55-c.135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known - the word epiktetos in Greek simply means "acquired." Epictetus spent his youth as a slave in Rome to Epaphroditos, a... SEE MORE