Chapter 1.5
Practice saying to every harsh impression: 'You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.'
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From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
Epictetus prescribes a method of pausing before harsh impressions and testing them against the rule of what is up to us.
Chapter 1.5
Apply the test: does this concern things in our power or not? If not in our power, dismiss it as 'nothing to me.'
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