(Translation: English version of saggezza-per-epitteto)
According to Epictetus, true wisdom lies in distinguishing what is in our control from what is not.
What is in our control:
- Thoughts
- Actions
- Feelings
- Desires
What is not:
- Everything that happens
- Everything done by others, even in relation to ourselves
I see in this the path to accepting our existence according to what Heidegger called anguish.