Disturbance by Notions and Principles

Epictetus emphasizes that humans are not disturbed by external things, but by the principles and notions they form about those things. He uses his personal experience of the stressful emigration process as an example. While the process itself is not inherently terrible, his own principles and expectations create the anxiety. This concept aligns with the stoic idea that our perceptions and judgments shape our reactions to events.