Epictetus (re: Barklord)
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Yeah, I think you're right. I forgot that even Diogenes was a slave for a time. It just seemed that the Stoic attitude of enduring and accepting things as they are could lead to perpetuating things that maybe one DOES have some measure of control over. Like the supreme goal is to remain undisturbed by external events so one might just go with the flow. It does say in the introduction to my copy that Epictetus was not proud of being a slave. Thanks.
Barklord 2 months ago
@Barklord Yes, it's always been the one thing about Stoicism I found worrying: the fact that it teaches you to need/want so little, and that it can lead to complacency, and to choose to dwell in it while it's not that beneficial to you. There are some good things being said by William B. Irvine in his book on Stoicism concerning this. He also goes over Epictetus's 'dichotomy of control' and makes it a trichotomy, which adds the option of things that we have *some* degree of control over.
tranquil87 2 months ago
@Barklord The trichotomy is enlightening and better than Epictetus' dichotomy. Some of the things that Epictetus says we have control over (aversions, desires) I always found problematic, and it just makes more sense to also think about things we have some degree of control over rather than just both extremes.
tranquil87 2 months ago