Born in Volsinii
Born into an Etruscan equestrian family in Volsinii. He came to Rome and became one of the most respected Stoic teachers of the first century, admired for practicing what he preached.
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Musonius Rufus was a Roman knight who taught philosophy through conversation rather than written treatises. Exiled twice by emperors, he kept teaching wherever he landed. His lectures, preserved by a student, are startlingly practical: how to eat, how to furnish a house, whether daughters should be educated (yes). He argued that philosophy is useless unless it changes how you live. He was the teacher of Epictetus.
