PHIL 1033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Stoicism
16 Nov 2015
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Our expectations are the cause of our disappointments. We want things to happen very strongly, and then they don"t go our way: then we will throw a t and focus our attention on the way we think things would have gone. We need to recognize that things that happen are due to causes where there isn"t much that we can do for it. Epictetus says that whatever happens happens and to move on, and then try to do better the next time. By picturing expectations of events, we can and do psych ourselves out, he says we should step back and realize it"s all in our heads. We will take more risks because we have less unnatural judgements. Satisfaction - working hard to satisfy them all. Tranquility vs discombobulation - if you do get discombobulated then we miss out on a lot of life. Nd a way to not get upset while doing it.
