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- 01What is up to usBegin with the distinction that governs the whole Handbook: what belongs to our own judgment and action, and what does not.7 passages
- 02Desire and aversionFollow what we pursue, what we flee, and why Epictetus begins training by relocating both.6 passages
- 03Loss and mortalityRead the Handbook’s difficult reflections on attachment, grief, impermanence, and death in their full context.5 passages
- 04Other people and reputationConsider approval, insult, status, and the power we hand to other people’s judgments.5 passages
- 05Roles and relationshipsExplore what Epictetus says we owe as family members, citizens, companions, and participants in a shared life.4 passages
- 06Practice and progressTrace the difference between displaying philosophy and allowing it to become visible in conduct.7 passages
- 07Life among othersEnter the detailed instructions on conversation, company, restraint, disagreement, and character in public.6 passages
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τὰ ἐφ’ ἡμῖνWhat is up to usta eph’ hēminWhat depends on us and is genuinely our own doing—not bodies, outcomes, or other people.Follow the term φαντασίαImpressionphantasiaWhatever first appears to the senses or mind, before we have accepted or rejected it.Follow the term προαίρεσιςWillprohairesisThe standing faculty that evaluates impressions and chooses whether to assent.Follow the term δόγμαJudgmentdogmaA belief the mind has accepted and holds; for Epictetus, the decisive source of disturbance.Follow the term ὄρεξιςDesireorexisThe movement toward something judged good.Follow the term ἔκκλισιςAversionekklisisThe movement away from something judged harmful or fearful.Follow the term
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