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'''Prohairesis''' is a fundamental concept in the [[Stoic]] philosophy of [[Epictetus]]. It represents the choice involved in giving or withholding assent to impressions. The use of this Greek word was first introduced into [[philosophy]] by [[Aristotle]] in the Nicomachean [[Ethics]]. To Epictetus, it is the faculty that distinguishes human beings from all other creatures. The concept of prohairesis plays a cardinal role in the Discourses and in the Manual: the terms "prohairesis", "prohairetic", and "aprohairetic" appear 168 times.

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