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Cassius
Reaction (Post)January 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM Matteng You went right where I was going. Here's my translation of the start of 10.133 (emphasis added):
[133] "Seeing that, whom do you consider is better or more powerful than one who holds pious beliefs concerning the gods; one who has absolutely no… -
Cassius
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Matteng’s post in the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.Yes, the only good thing in the control dichotomy in my view is to don’t worry about unchangeable things and to focus on what you can do.
This is often seen as one of the greatest benefit of Stoicism but it was first in Epicurus Philosophy but without… -
Bryan
January 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Daniel188’s post in the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.[…]
I believe that all concepts can be tested within the Epicurean worldview. In the sense that one can sometimes try to take a concept and adapt it to one's own purpose. In this particular case, I believe that the very idea of a dichotomy of control is… -
Bryan
January 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Matteng’s post in the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.Yes, the only good thing in the control dichotomy in my view is to don’t worry about unchangeable things and to focus on what you can do.
This is often seen as one of the greatest benefit of Stoicism but it was first in Epicurus Philosophy but without… -
Bryan
Reaction (Post)January 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM Matteng You went right where I was going. Here's my translation of the start of 10.133 (emphasis added):
[133] "Seeing that, whom do you consider is better or more powerful than one who holds pious beliefs concerning the gods; one who has absolutely no… -
kochiekoch
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Don
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.PostMatteng You went right where I was going. Here's my translation of the start of 10.133 (emphasis added):
[133] "Seeing that, whom do you consider is better or more powerful than one who holds pious beliefs concerning the gods; one who has absolutely no… -
kochiekoch
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Daniel188
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Matteng’s post in the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.Yes, the only good thing in the control dichotomy in my view is to don’t worry about unchangeable things and to focus on what you can do.
This is often seen as one of the greatest benefit of Stoicism but it was first in Epicurus Philosophy but without… -
Matteng
January 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.PostYes, the only good thing in the control dichotomy in my view is to don’t worry about unchangeable things and to focus on what you can do.
This is often seen as one of the greatest benefit of Stoicism but it was first in Epicurus Philosophy but without…
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