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Stoicism began in Athens, where Zeno of Citium taught from a painted porch. Its promise was plain: we do not choose what happens to us, only how we answer it.
## 2. 10 Stoic principles- **Dichotomy of control**: sort what is up to us from what is not.
- **Premeditatio malorum**: rehearse the worst, calmly.
Stoicism began in Athens, where Zeno of Citium taught from a painted porch. Its promise was plain: we do not choose what happens to us, only how we answer it.
10 Stoic principlesThe first principle is to sort what is up to us from what is not. Opinion, intention and desire are ours; the body, reputation and fortune are not.
Epictetus, born a slave, made this the heart of his teaching. Marcus Aurelius wrote it down again, night after night, as a note to himself.
Stoicism began in Athens, where Zeno of Citium taught from a painted porch. Its promise was plain: we do not choose what happens to us, only how we answer it. The idea returns in every source of this book (see ch. 3).
Epictetus, born a slave, made this the heart of his teaching. Marcus Aurelius wrote it down again, night after night, as a note to himself. Meditations, ch. 2.