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What To Do When You Have Fallen Short | The Three Areas of Training

The Daily Stoic

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The Three Areas of Training

Ryan Holiday: Epictetus' Discourses 3-2 lays out three areas of training. He says we must consider what we should desire and what we should be averse to. The third has to do with freedom from deception and composure in the whole area of judgment. We can't just expect this to happen but we must put real thought and energy into each of our lives, he says.

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