PHANTASIA
- jalacopean
- Jul 3, 2024
- 1 min read
Greek word Phantasia is described as the initial emotional reaction to a stimuli.
This is like involuntary reactions to loud noises or uncertainty.
“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.”
~ Epictetus
“The mental visions, which the philosophers call impressions or ‘phantasies,’ by which the mind of man on the very first appearance of an object is impelled to the perception of the object, are neither voluntary nor controlled by the will, but through a certain power of their own they force their recognition upon men; but the expressions of assent, which they call συγκαταθέσεις, by which these visions are recognised, are voluntary and subject to man’s will.
- Epictetus
Immediate precognitive emotions not to be trusted
Be scared you can’t help that, but do not be afraid!
-William Faulkner
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