If rational wishing and caution toward events are constitutive of Stoic wisdom, then a blanket prohibition on discontent misrepresents Stoic moral psychology by conflating passion with rational response.

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Moral psychology(as used in ethics): The study of how human emotions, desires, and reasoning actually work together when we make ethical choices.
Passion(as what the statement says shouldn't be confused with rational response): In philosophy, an emotional response or desire that happens to you automatically, without your rational control—like sudden anger or fear.
Rational response(as what the statement distinguishes from passion): A reaction or decision based on careful thinking and judgment, rather than automatic emotion.
Rational wishing(as one of the elements that makes up Stoic wisdom): Desiring something based on careful thought about what's truly good for you, rather than just wanting something because it feels good in the moment.
Stoic(describing the epistemological framework): A school of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy that believed virtue is the highest good and that we should accept what happens with calm reason.
Stoic wisdom(as what the statement says is based on rational wishing and caution): In Stoicism, the ideal state of understanding how to live well by controlling your judgments and desires rather than being controlled by external events.
constitutive of(as used in metaphysics): Something that is essential to making something what it is—if you remove it, the thing is no longer that thing.

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