Greek historian and student of Epictetus who recorded the Discourses and compiled the Enchiridion — and who also wrote the Anabasis of Alexander, the primary source for Alexander the Great's campaigns.
Preserved Epictetus's philosophy for posterity — without Arrian's notes, Epictetus's thought would have been lost entirely, since Epictetus wrote nothing himself — making Arrian the Plato to Epictetus's Socrates.
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