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    It is not the case that The Stoics held that sound-mindedness (sophrosyne) is an epistemic disposition—correct judgment about what is truly choiceworthy—not a behavioral disposition.

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    • 1.Sophrosyne in earlier Greek tradition emphasizes self-restraint and moderation in action, not merely correct judgment about value.
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    • 2.Someone can correctly judge what is choiceworthy yet fail to exhibit the habitually temperate behavior associated with sophrosyne.
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    • 3.The Stoic account cannot explain weakness of will—how someone with correct judgment might still act incontinently or fail to self-regulate.
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    • 1.The Stoics identified virtue with knowledge of good and evil, making all virtues ultimately cognitive rather than merely behavioral.
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    • 2.Correct judgment about value automatically produces appropriate action in Stoic psychology—behavior follows necessarily from true belief.
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    • 3.Sophrosyne involves discerning what truly merits desire versus what merely appears desirable, a fundamentally epistemic task of evaluation.
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