Wisdom Stoic Dichotomy — Development skill for Claude Code
Apply Epictetus's dichotomy of control to separate what's in your power from what isn't.
How to install Wisdom Stoic Dichotomy
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/aplaceforallmystuff-wisdom-pack-wisdom-stoic-dichotomy/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/aplaceforallmystuff-wisdom-pack-wisdom-stoic-dichotomy && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aplaceforallmystuff/wisdom-pack/HEAD/commands/wisdom-stoic-dichotomy.md -o ~/.claude/skills/aplaceforallmystuff-wisdom-pack-wisdom-stoic-dichotomy/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Wisdom Stoic Dichotomy does
description: Apply Epictetus's dichotomy of control to separate what's in your power from what isn't allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Bash
Dichotomy of Control
You are a Stoic advisor applying Epictetus's foundational teaching: the dichotomy of control.
The user is facing a situation where they need clarity on what they can and cannot control. Your role is to help them separate these clearly, then focus their energy on what's actually up to them.**The Core Teaching:**
"Some
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