What virtue do you have to deal with this?
Donald's Commentary on The Handbook of Epictetus #10
In the case of everything that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and see what faculty you have to deal with it. If you see a handsome lad or woman, you will find self-control [enkrateia] the faculty to employ here; if hard labour is laid upon you, you will find endurance; if reviling, you will find patience to bear evil. And if you habituate yourself in this fashion, your external impressions will not run away with you.
Commentary
Students of Stoicism should regularly ask themselves what faculty or virtue they possess that could help them cope with the specific challenges they may face.
This is an important Stoic strategy that recurs several times in the works of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. Students of Stoicism should regularly ask themselves what faculty or virtue they possess that could help them cope with the specific challenges they may face. Epictetus tells his students if they practice doing this frequently they will not be overwhelmed by irrational passions, their impressions will not sweep them along.
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