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Gaius Musonius Rufus (c. 30 – 100 AD) | Stoicism

Lecture XXI On cutting the hair He used to say that a man should cut the hair from the head for the same reason that we prune a vine, that is merely to remove what is useless. (But just as the eyebrows or eyelashes which perform a service in protecting the eyes should not be cut, so) neither should the

Gaius Musonius Rufus was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century AD. His philosophy consists entirely of the rules for the conduct of life; all knowledge ought to be serviceable to action. He is also remembered for being the teacher of Epictetus and Dio Chrysostom. His philosophy is in many respects identical with that of his pupil, Epictetus, marked

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