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Plutarch

46 – 119

The biographer who invented the idea that character makes history.

Greece·Literature · History · PhilosophyFull profile

Epictetus

50 – 135

Enslaved teacher whose Discourses fixed the dichotomy of control at the heart of Stoic practice.

Greece·Philosophy

Marcus Aurelius

121 – 180

Emperor whose private Meditations founded modern Stoic self-help.

Italy·Philosophy · Literature

Boethius

477 – 524

Wrote Consolation of Philosophy awaiting execution; medieval Europe's bridge to antiquity.

Italy·Philosophy · Mathematics