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    It is not the case that Epictetus's argument from control establishes a normative hierarchy of attention, not a genuine difference in the ontological or essential status of mind over body.

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    • 1.Epictetus's argument depends on a sharp dichotomy between controlled and uncontrolled—implying mind genuinely differs from body in nature.
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    • 2.Treating certain capacities (reason, will) as distinctly 'ours' while excluding bodily processes presupposes a dualist ontology, not mere hierarchy.
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    • 1.Epictetus focuses on what lies within our control (judgments, desires, aversions), not on proving mind's metaphysical superiority to body.
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    • 2.His hierarchy is practical and prescriptive: attend to what you can master, not a claim about what fundamentally exists or has priority.
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    • 3.The body and external things remain real and ontologically equal; Epictetus merely recommends redirecting ethical concern toward the will.
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