According to stoic theory, we will give or withhold, assent to an impression based on the state of our moral character. To change our beliefs, we have to change what we really think is good and bad. If we simply continue to respond to impressions without paying attention, we are acting like a madman,. But when it comes to the first and only cause, of acting rightly or in error, of succeed or failing, of being unfortunate or fortunate, there alone we act in a random and precipitate way.