Perspective voyage · First to second century CE

Epictetus — What is up to us is judgment and volition

Can we be free by governing assent to impressions even when external events are not ours to choose?

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Can we be responsible if we could not have done otherwise?

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Epictetus centers personal freedom on prohairesis, the capacity for volition, and the correct use of impressions.

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Epictetus
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: Introduction; §4.2 Prohairesis
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110 CE · Early second century

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