From history to hero
Meet the real person who inspired this Super Stoic.
Musonius Rufus
Roman Stoic teacher, mentor to Epictetus · 1st century CE
🌟 Their story
Musonius Rufus was a practical Stoic teacher who believed philosophy should show up in everyday choices: how we eat, how we speak and how we treat one another. He taught that girls and boys are equally able to learn virtue.
🎯 What children learn
- ✓What you do each day matters more than what you say you believe.
- ✓Everyone in the family can practise wisdom, not just adults or just boys.
- ✓Food, money and comfort are tools, not the point of life.
- ✓Learning how to handle frustration is part of growing strong inside.
🎉 Amazing facts
- ★Musonius was exiled more than once for speaking his mind but kept teaching anyway.
- ★He believed women should receive the same philosophical education as men.
- ★His surviving teachings focus on very practical topics like food, work and marriage.
- ★His student Epictetus carried many of his ideas forward.