Socrates as Exemplar

From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
Epictetus repeatedly invokes Socrates (and occasionally Diogenes, Zeno) as the model of the philosophical life.
Chapter 33.12

Behave in life as at a banquet... taking what is set before you, as Socrates did.

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Chapter 50
Whatever rules you have adopted, abide by them as laws... remembering that whatever exceeds the bounds becomes intolerable. Even if you are not yet a Socrates, you ought to live as one who wishes to be a Socrates.
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Chapter 51.3
Even if you are not yet a Socrates, you should live as one wishing to become a Socrates.
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