The Most Important Stoic Quote: Epictetus' Enchiridion

[@Eternalised]

the stoic dichotomy of control was literally life-changing when I first encountered it!

[@robertanastase558]

Nice seeing you here man, you two are doing great work.

[@robertanastase558]

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius really got me into stoicism and has definitely changed my life and the way i look at things.

[@TheLivingPhilosophy]

Great stuff! I love your engagement with it and questioning of the philosophy and its modern application. This question of mental health and stoicism is something I've thought about a lot because it really doesn't seem trivial to me that we can control our thoughts and feelings so it was great to hear you explore. Also Big Lebowski + Stoicism = gold

[@jacqslabz]

One of the best best modern treatments for things like dperession is CBT, which is largely just repackaged Stoicism. It's one of those things that get complicated. Many disorders rise from trauma, and while that isn't something under direct obvious control, that does render a person powerless. You have to break it down into parts. Like the common tennis match example.

[@LewisPixel]

Amazing video!

[@owlnyc666]

Dichotomy of control and what we can try to influence, change. 🤔

[@SuccessMindset2180]

Epictetus got free from slavery by controling his emotions

[@CaptainSofa]

I once fell in love with stoicism. The more I read Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius the more I came to absolutely reject it. Strangely enough, this first chapter of the Enchiridion, defines what is most ridiculous to me about it. The dichotomy of control… as if I could logically decide how I felt.

[@varaconn6708]

It's not about controlling what you feel but how you act