I moderne tid har psykologen [[Albert Ellis]] henvist til Epiktet som grundlaget for sin rationelle [[psykoterapi]].<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/13/031013ta_talk_green Ageless, Guiltless, by Adam Green].</ref><ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2816649.ece Obituary by Morton Schatzman in ''The Independent''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018071619/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2816649.ece |date=18. oktober 2007 }}.</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2146455,00.html Obituary by Oliver Burkeman in ''The Guardian''].</ref> Den amerikanske krigsfange [[James Stockdale]] gjorde Epiktet berømt i det amerikanske militær, idet Stockdale udholdt 7 års krigsfangensskab i [[Vietnam]] ved hjælp af Epiktets filosofi.<ref>Stockdale, James Bond. 1993. Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior. Stanford: Hoover Institution/Stanford University.</ref>
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