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    Supports→The cognitive impression can no longer serve as an automatic, self-guaranteeing criterion of truth for the sage.

    If the sage cannot phenomenologically distinguish cognitive from non-cognitive impressions in principle, assent to any impression requires an independent criterion beyond the impression itself.

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    Key Terms

    Phenomenologically(as a method of studying experience)
    Describing things based on how they actually appear or feel in direct human experience, rather than analyzing what might be happening behind the scenes.
    The sage(as the model for ethical decision-making)
    In philosophy, a person of great wisdom and practical skill who knows how to act well in any situation; someone who has cultivated virtue over time.
    assent(Epictetan epistemology and action theory)
    The cognitive act of accepting a proposition as true, regulated by perceived logical consistency or contradiction with one's existing beliefs.
    cognitive impressions(Stoic epistemology)
    Impressions that, according to the Stoics, are immediately warranted to be true
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    A standard or rule used to decide whether something counts as true or valid.
    non-cognitive impressions(contrasted with cognitive impressions)
    Mental experiences or feelings that don't give you real knowledge—like a guess, a feeling, or an illusion that might not be true.

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