Epictetus: Prohairesis and Dihairesis

Epictetus, (c. AD 55 - c. 135): Discourses 4.1.83-4

What have you been studying all along but to distinguish what is yours from what is not yours, what is in your power from what is not in your power, what is subject to hindrance from what is unhindered? Why did you go to the philosophers? To be as unfortunate and miserable as always? No - but to be free from fear and troubles.

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