The key to stoic practice is the separation of our scent to the events that occur in nature, from our valued judgments about those events. What we assent to creates our moral character and determines our psychological well being. The importance of assent within stoicism cannot be overstated. How we deal with impressions is entirely up to us.
This episode is a continuation of Episode 8, which covered the theoritical aspect of the this spiritual exercise. This episode cover the practice of this spiritual exercise. The Discipline of Assent blog post is currently being rewritten to reflect the material covered in these two podcast episodes.