In Aristotle's Rhetoric, this concept is contrasted with krisis, which, unlike this concept, is the goal of a good oration. This entity regulates orexis and hormê. This concept allows the sunkatathesis or "assent" to the phantasia or "impressions." The presence or absence of this concept is considered alongside knowledge and ignorance in Book 3 of the Nicomachean Ethics. This thing's freedom is the fundamental aspect of being human, so it is truly ours, in a way that material possessions and one's reputation are not. (*) Regulating this thing is the only way to eudaimonia. The presence or absence of this property is used to distinguish things that are or are not "within our power," at the beginning of both the Enchiridion and the Discourses. For 10 points, name this central concept from the Stoic philosophy of Epictetus, which is sometimes translated as "will."
In Aristotle's Rhetoric, this concept is contrasted with krisis, which, unlike this concept, is the goal of a good oration. This entity regulates orexis and hormê. This concept allows the sunkatathesis or "assent" to the phantasia or "impressions." The presence or absence of this concept is considered alongside knowledge and ignorance in Book 3 of the Nicomachean Ethics. This thing's freedom is the fundamental aspect of being human, so it is truly ours, in a way that material possessions and one's reputation are not. (*) Regulating this thing is the only way to eudaimonia. The presence or absence of this property is used to distinguish things that are or are not "within our power," at the beginning of both the Enchiridion and the Discourses. For 10 points, name this central concept from the Stoic philosophy of Epictetus, which is sometimes translated as "will."
In Aristotle's Rhetoric, this concept is contrasted with krisis, which, unlike this concept, is the goal of a good oration.
prohairesis [or word forms like prohairetic; accept will, choice, volition, or word forms like voluntary until "translated"; prompt on "intention"]