The Stoic practice of improving your assents, so that you only assent to impressions that are true.
In Stoicism, knowledge is built slowly by forming correct beliefs.
This progress is won or lost by the quality of your assents.
If you think carelessly, you will live carelessly.
This discipline is about ensuring you assent properly, by identifying impressions and assenting carefully with the right evidence.
Book: Essential Stoic Concepts
Subtitle: A Stoic glossary
Author: Stoa
Chapter: Discipline of Assent (Chapter 9 of 32)
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The Stoic practice of improving your assents, so that you only assent to impressions that are true.
In Stoicism, knowledge is built slowly by forming correct beliefs.
This progress is won or lost by the quality of your assents.
If you think carelessly, you will live carelessly.
This discipline is about ensuring you assent properly, by identifying impressions and assenting carefully with the right evidence.