White mug with a green handle and interior, filled with coffee on a sunlit wooden outdoor table, displaying “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.”
White mug with a green interior and handle on the right, showing a black line portrait of Epictetus against a white background.
White mug with a green interior and handle on the left, displaying “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.” against a white background.
Side view of a white mug with a green interior and handle facing forward, showing parts of the Epictetus portrait and quote on either side.
White mug with a red interior and handle on the right, showing a black line portrait of Epictetus against a white background.
White mug with a red interior and handle on the left, displaying “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.” against a white background.
White mug with a dark blue interior and handle on the left, displaying “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.” against a white background.
White mug with a dark blue interior and handle on the right, showing a black line portrait of Epictetus against a white background.
White mug with a green handle and interior, filled with coffee on a sunlit wooden outdoor table, displaying “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.”
White mug with a green interior and handle on the right, showing a black line portrait of Epictetus against a white background.
White mug with a green interior and handle on the left, displaying “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.” against a white background.
Side view of a white mug with a green interior and handle facing forward, showing parts of the Epictetus portrait and quote on either side.
White mug with a red interior and handle on the right, showing a black line portrait of Epictetus against a white background.
White mug with a red interior and handle on the left, displaying “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.” against a white background.
White mug with a dark blue interior and handle on the left, displaying “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.” against a white background.
White mug with a dark blue interior and handle on the right, showing a black line portrait of Epictetus against a white background.

Epictetus "Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else"

Don’t put your freedom in someone else’s hands.
For those who understand that their freedom shouldn't depend on anyone else.

  • Coffee mug made from 100% glossy ceramic

  • 11 oz (0.33 L) capacity

  • Coffee mug with a quote inspired by ancient Greek philosophy and Stoicism

  • Features the quote “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else,” from Epictetus’ Enchiridion

  • Based on the teachings of Epictetus, a Stoic philosopher of the early 2nd century AD

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Lived: c. 50–135 AD, Hierapolis (Phrygia, modern-day Turkey); later Rome and Nicopolis, Greece

Known for: Born into slavery in the Roman Empire, he later gained his freedom and become a Stoic teacher who ran a philosophy school in Nicopolis. He taught students how to live with reason, discipline and self-control.

Famous for: He never wrote anything himself. His teachings survive through the recordings of his student Arrian, who preserved them in the Discourses and later compiled the shorter handbook known as the Enchiridion.

Note: The quote is a modern rendering of a passage in Enchiridion, Chapter 14: “Whoever wishes to be free should neither desire nor avoid anything that depends on someone else.” Epictetus warns that when others can grant what we desire or impose what we fear, we give them power over us. He connects freedom with directing our desires toward what is up to us. Read this passage in context in our free modern English edition of the Enchiridion.

  • Material: Made from 100% ceramic with a glossy finish.
  • Capacity: 11 oz (0.33 L).
  • Color Accents: Colored handle and matching interior.
  • Handle: Easy-grip C-shaped handle.
  • Microwave Safe: Suitable for reheating your favorite drinks.

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