Massimo Pigliucci
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Now, Epictetus and Marcus say that
What is up to us are essentially your judgments, your assessment of a situation and how to deal with it.
Your response to the world, in other words.
Your response to the world.
What is not up to us is pretty much everything else, which is counterintuitive, right?
Because you say, wait a minute.
So Epictetus and Marcus both list a series of these things that are not up to us, and they start with health.
To say health, wealth, reputation, career, relationships, and all that.
What do you mean health is not up to me?
Now, we were talking about my body image problems.
What do you mean my health is not up to me?
I can do all sorts of things about my health, right?
I can go to the doctor on a regular basis and practice preventive medicine.
I mean, I can do all those things.