There are three classes of things which Epictetus thinks are in our control. Opinions and judgments are the first. We are capable of changing our opinions when they are ill-formed and reassessing our judgments when they are incorrect. Choices and actions are the second. Both the development of our faculty of choice, our prohairesis, and our concrete decisions are at the core of who we are as individuals. Desires and aversions are the third. What we do, what we choose, influences our desires, as do our experiences. But if a desire is harmful, we can choose to avoid it, to wean ourselves off it,
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