Summary Of The Enchiridion By Epictetus
In “ The Enchiridion,” Epictetus argues ideas in which people fail to understand the difference between the things in one has in control and what surrounds them. Perhaps one of the strongest claims that Epictetus gives is that one lacks to distinguishing the two points the external world and the internal world. Epictetus believes that many do not notice what is in more in value and they expect more than what is able to take in control, which makes them unhappy. In this paper, I will argue that Epictetus argument has reasonable justification for his idea that it is one's opinion that dictates if we are feeling happy or melancholy.
Epictetus argues the idea that one over thinks the concept of happiness and is confused on how it is obtained …show more content…
If external comes to attention when trying to please or grab attention, he states that it will ruin your life. “Don’t stretch your desires towards it, but wait till it reaches you.” Basically, let the disappointed desires or anything else come into life when needed and make a wise choice at the present moment. I agree on Epictetus thought, because the philosopher Socrates states that death is something unstoppable and that is something to not worry about at the moment. Socrates believed that the thought of dead had lead people into making the wrong choices. In the first place, Socrates never considered death as to being bad, it was just the fact that people eventually had the thought of it coming soon. Mortality was designed for everyone and there was going to be a point in their lives that it was going to come and nothing could be done. Socrates thinks that it is a waste of time to think of it, nothing can be done, but the way one thinks can be changed. I agree on both Socrates and Epictetus believes because, if death is something can’t be stopped might as well make the most out of every moment and nothing better than a joyful
Epictetus argues the idea that one over thinks the concept of happiness and is confused on how it is obtained …show more content…
If external comes to attention when trying to please or grab attention, he states that it will ruin your life. “Don’t stretch your desires towards it, but wait till it reaches you.” Basically, let the disappointed desires or anything else come into life when needed and make a wise choice at the present moment. I agree on Epictetus thought, because the philosopher Socrates states that death is something unstoppable and that is something to not worry about at the moment. Socrates believed that the thought of dead had lead people into making the wrong choices. In the first place, Socrates never considered death as to being bad, it was just the fact that people eventually had the thought of it coming soon. Mortality was designed for everyone and there was going to be a point in their lives that it was going to come and nothing could be done. Socrates thinks that it is a waste of time to think of it, nothing can be done, but the way one thinks can be changed. I agree on both Socrates and Epictetus believes because, if death is something can’t be stopped might as well make the most out of every moment and nothing better than a joyful