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Epictetus

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Epictetus.

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

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Acceptance

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Specialties

anxiety
stress
self-confidence
career

Helpful for

Acceptance
Anxiety regulation
Identity & self-worth
Resilience

Best for

Letting go of what you can't control
Emotional steadiness

Traditions

Stoicism
Acceptance

Cited passages

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Of things some are in our power, and others are not. In our power are opinion, movement towards a thing, desire, aversion; and in a word, whatever are our own acts. Not in our power are the body, property, reputation, offices, and in a word, whatever are not our own acts.
The Enchiridion, Chapter I, trans. Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1865)Original title: Ἐγχειρίδιον · enRights: public_domainPublic domain translation (1865).Read Chapter I in full
Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things. When then we are impeded or disturbed or grieved, let us never blame others, but ourselves, that is, our opinions.
The Enchiridion, Chapter V, trans. Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1865)Original title: Ἐγχειρίδιον · enRights: public_domainPublic domain translation (1865).Read Chapter V in full

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Public domain

Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Epictetus.

Every text we draw on is in the public domain. Epictetus is not impersonated, endorsed, or represented here — this is an AI reflection built from writings and philosophies associated with Epictetus, alongside the Stoicism, Acceptance traditions. Any words generated in a session are newly written by AI, not quotations, unless they are shown with a citation.

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The Enchiridiontrans. Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1865) · read here

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Where Epictetus shows up

Beneath — Fear

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