Epictetus: the dichotomy of control
A former slave who became a teacher. His claim: events do nothing by themselves — what you think about them does.
Between what happened and what you do there are ten minutes. The judgment lives there, and Epictetus says it is the judgment that disturbs you, not the event — and a judgment can be changed.
- Whether the treasurer sent the reportWhether your first thought is a fact or a version
- Which term of office you gotWhether the chair answers messages in those months
- What has already happenedThe message you write in the first ten minutes
- The situation
The treasurer misses the report a second week, and the application to the faculty is due tomorrow.
- What the model says
The first thought — 'he does not care' — is a version, not a fact. The fact is only that the report is not there.
- What you do
Before you write the message, wait ten minutes and ask one thing: what is missing for the report to exist tomorrow.
What it claims
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