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Epictetus - The Enchiridion - 05
Identifier
013337
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
The Enchiridion
5. Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and
notions which they form concerning things. Death, for
instance, is not terrible, else it would have appeared so to
Socrates. But the terror consists in our notion of death that
it is terrible. When therefore we are hindered, or disturbed,
or grieved, let us never attribute it to others, but to
ourselves; that is, to our own principles. An uninstructed
person will lay the fault of his own bad condition upon
others. Someone just starting instruction will lay the fault
on himself. Some who is perfectly instructed will place blame
neither on others nor on himself.
The source of the experience
EpictetusConcepts, symbols and science items
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Commonsteps
Admitting guiltAdmitting mistakes
Asking for forgiveness
Avoiding conflict
Forgetting
Forgiveness
Questioning and doubting all existing beliefs