The Enchiridion: Stoic Wisdom in Modern English

How much of life is actually within your control? Epictetus begins with a distinction that shapes the entire Enchiridion: your judgments, choices, and responses are yours to work on, while reputation, possessions, other people's behavior, and many external events are not fully yours to command. The challenge is learning to act wisely without making your peace depend on what you cannot control.
Across a series of concise instructions, Epictetus explores desire, aversion, loss, duty, self-disc...