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Epictetus (/ ˌ ɛ p ɪ k ˈ t iː t ə s /, EH-pick-TEE-təss; [3] Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. [4] [5] He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, in western Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece, where he spent the rest of his life.
The Stormlight Archive is a high fantasy novel series written by American author Brandon Sanderson, planned to consist of ten novels.As of 2023, the series comprises four published novels and two novellas, set within his broader Cosmere universe.
Never Let Me Go is a 2005 science fiction novel by the British author Kazuo Ishiguro.It was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize (an award Ishiguro had previously won in 1989 for The Remains of the Day), for the 2006 Arthur C. Clarke Award and for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award.
Epic takes place on a world named New Earth and follows the life of a boy named Erik Haraldson and his involvement in a game called Epic. Epic is a virtual game which echoes World of Warcraft and EverQuest, although interaction with this game directly affects income, social standing, and the careers of the people who play. Because of this ...
Around 2011, Vance met his wife, Usha Chilukuri, while both were students at Yale Law School. [173] He has called her "my Yale spirit guide". [ 173 ] Usha clerked for a year for Brett Kavanaugh , who was then an appeals court judge in Washington, then clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts for a year. [ 174 ]
Student Doctor Network (SDN) is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1999 for prehealth and health professional students in the United States and Canada. [4] It focuses on nine core healthcare professions: medical, dental, optometry, pharmacy , physical therapy, podiatry, psychology, rehabilitation medicine, and veterinary medicine.
"It is the [social] epic, the history novel and the vast picture of the whole nation's life," wrote Ivan Turgenev in his bid to define War and Peace in the foreword for his French translation of "The Two Hussars" (published in Paris by Le Temps in 1875). In general, the literary left received the novel coldly.
[158]: 545 Bulfinch's Mythology, a book on Greek mythology published in 1867 and aimed at a popular audience, was described by Carl J. Richard as "one of the most popular books ever published in the United States". [163] George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion is a modern, rationalized retelling of the ancient Greek legend of Pygmalion.