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    It is not the case that Varying pleasant activities is conducive to well-being.

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    • 1.Aristotle holds that eudaimonia requires the stable, consistent exercise of virtuous activity, not novel variation in pleasant pursuits.
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    • 2.Habituation (ethos) builds character through repetition, meaning variety in activity undermines the deep dispositional excellence central to well-being.
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    • 1.The Stoics argue that well-being (eudaimonia) depends entirely on rational virtue, rendering variation in externally pleasant activities irrelevant to its achievement.
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    • 2.Treating varied pleasant activities as conducive to well-being conflates preferred indifferents (proēgmena adiaphora) with genuine goods, a category error Epictetus explicitly warns against.
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    • 1.Awareness of one's stable natural state's unimpeded life activity must be maintained.
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    • 2.Varying the expression of life activity is needed to maintain that awareness.
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