Epictetus: Enchiridion, V
“Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.”
Reflection
The oldest cognitive move on record: event, then interpretation, then feeling. You cannot always edit the event. You can often examine the sentence you added to it.
Source record
- Author
- Epictetus
- Original source
- Enchiridion, V
- Original date
- c. 125 AD
- Edition used
- Trans. George Long, 1877 — public domain
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