[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":44},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-04/19":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/04/19","stoicism/04/19","Our Sphere Of Impulses","Meditation for April 19, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Epictetus says we must discover the missing art of assent and pay special attention to the sphere of our impulses — that they are subject to reservation, to the common good, and that they are in proportion to actual worth.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 11.37","2021-04-19T07:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","unbiased thought",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_4598.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":38},"minimark",[26,30,35],[27,28,29],"p",{},"A powerful Roman emperor quotes the words of a former slave. Both the powerful and the powerless examining the\nimportance of checking our impulses.",[31,32,34],"h3",{"id":33},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,36,37],{},"We may never experience absolute power, but feeling powerless is likely something we will all experience. Epictetus\nwould have known this feeling most of his life. Each situation requires we examine the subject and avoid knee-jerk\nreactions.",{"title":39,"searchDepth":40,"depth":40,"links":41},"",2,[42],{"id":33,"depth":43,"text":34},3,1793716904686]