PHIL 1033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Iowa River, United Service Organizations, Stoicism
9 Nov 2016
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Phil 1033 11. 07. 16: epictetus and the handbook. A threat to the meaning/significance of our lives. Largely due to expectations and unrealistic desires. Have to make the best of what is in front of us. Followers wrote down what he would say. Ii. things that are not up to us and which are going to happen anyway (not up to us) (sect. Can have a say of what reaction is: opinions, impulses, desires, aversions whatever is own is up to us. Happiest person can zero in on things not up to us and can find a way to be okay by them. if attitude is largely up to us then we can still be okay by changing attitude. 2: desire- we want something, aversion- a strong dislike for something, section 8. To be fulfilled, happy: matter of satisfying desires two options when something happens we don"t want: be frustrated and upset or be okay because it"s not in our control.
