The Stoic Philosopher Musonius Rufus is best known through the lectures of his marvelous student, Epictetus. Like Plato and Socrates, Epictetus tells us so many delightful vignettes and teachings of his beloved Rufus that we really cannot distinguish between the thoughts of Epictetus and Musonius Rufus. In addition to the writings of Epictetus, a small collection of Musonius Rufus’ writings come down to us from antiquity in an anthology by the Greek Stobaeus, and a few fragments quoted in other ancient works. We know he was exiled by Nero, and came in and out of exile under the succeeding emperors, Tacitus mentions he helped negotiate several treaties, and we know he taught in Greek and that he taught Epictetus, but we know little else about the life of Rufus. Rufus and Epictetus sound more like father and son than master and student, so close is their stoicism. The similarities between Rufus and Epictetus and the Epistles of St Paul and the writings of the early Church Fathers are amazing. We highlight a living example of the observations Rufus makes in these essays on exile and living a philosophical life is illustrated by the life of St John the Russian, who, though his life was not a successful life according to worldly standards, since he served his life as a slave to a Turkish master, he lived a life of such holiness that today he is recognized as a saint in the Orthodox Church. YouTube video: https://youtu.be/2Ft0YOjfbP8 Our blog on these other teachings by the Stoic Philosopher Musonius Rufus: http://www.seekingvirtueandwisdom.com/musonius-rufus-on-exile/