Epictetus part 9: The power of choice
Diseases and afflictions cannot hurt us, unless we choose so. This is the power of choice (prohairesis) that we can employ to keep calm.
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Diseases and afflictions cannot hurt us, unless we choose so. This is the power of choice (prohairesis) that we can employ to keep calm.
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“Men are not disturbed by things, but by their opinions of things”. This is the famous line of Epictetus, in which he explains that our worry is only in our minds. If something is bound to happen, don’t blame others and don’t blame yourself.
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To reach contentment (eudaimonia), we must accept the true nature of things. When you go bathing, splashing water and rude fellow bathers are part of it. Simply accept this, and you will be undisturbed.
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