Podcast
The Daily Stoic
The podcast discussed the book's emphasis on the dichotomy of control, distinguishing between what is and isn't within our control, a core principle of Stoicism. Specific quotes from the book were referenced about what is and isn't in our control.
the distinction between the things that are up to us in our control and the things that are not up to us.
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The podcast discussed the book's emphasis on the dichotomy of control, distinguishing between what is and isn't within our control, a core principle of Stoicism. Specific quotes from the book were referenced about what is and isn't in our control.
the distinction between the things that are up to us in our control and the things that are not up to us.
Some things are in our control while others are not, we control our opinion, choice, desire, aversion and in a word everything of our own doing. We don't control our body, property, reputation, position and in the word everything not of our own doing.
We control our reasoned choice and all acts that depend on our moral will. What's not under our control or our body and any of its parts are possessions, parents, siblings, children or country, anything with which we might associate.