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en-wikipedia-org-8381		Prohairesis - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	871	121	63	Prohairesis (Ancient Greek: προαίρεσις; variously translated as "moral character", "will", "volition", "choice", "intention", or "moral choice"[1]) is a fundamental concept in the Stoic philosophy of Epictetus. The use of this Greek word was first introduced into philosophy by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics.[2] To Epictetus, it is the faculty that distinguishes human beings from all other creatures. According to Epictetus, nothing is properly considered either good, or bad, aside from those things that are within our own power to control, and the only thing fully in our power to control is our own volition (prohairesis) which exercises the faculty of choice that we use to judge our impressions. The importance of prohairesis for Epictetus is that it exerts a power that allows people to choose how they will react to impressions rationally: ^ Dobbin R.: "Prohairesis in Epictetus" in Ancient Philosophy XI, 111-135 (1991) Hidden categories: Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8381.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8381.txt