The Stoic practice of improving your desires and aversions, so that you only desire what is good, and only fear what is bad.
In Stoicism, we suffer because we desire the wrong things, usually indifferents like wealth, fame, beauty and popularity.
This discipline focuses on correcting those mistakes and reorienting our desire towards virtue and good character.
Book: Essential Stoic Concepts
Subtitle: A Stoic glossary
Author: Stoa
Chapter: Discipline of Desire
Location: Chapter 10, Section 2
Content:
The Stoic practice of improving your desires and aversions, so that you only desire what is good, and only fear what is bad.
In Stoicism, we suffer because we desire the wrong things, usually indifferents like wealth, fame, beauty and popularity.
This discipline focuses on correcting those mistakes and reorienting our desire towards virtue and good character.