Story 1Can we be responsible if we could not have done otherwise?
Epictetus — What is up to us is judgment and volition
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Can we be free by governing assent to impressions even when external events are not ours to choose?
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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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His three areas of training include impulses to act, desire, and assent disciplined against deception and hasty judgment.
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Epictetus
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: §4.1 The Three Areas of Study
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