Curious that following line about being in full control of our emotions. That's the end goal but I think it better to say we are responsible for our emotions, they come from us. Anyway just thinking out loud.
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so I think, I’m still reading, that’s kind of what the book is leading to? It’s that we should aim to control our emotions and how they interact with events that interact with us. As in, if we can keep our emotions at bay, the “feedback” we project is healthier?
And then it starts to contrasts on how Seneca’s approach was different to Epictetus. Seneca believed that we should take “bad” events and use them as a learning tool/a challenge for us. While Epictetus was more about “just focus on your own judgement and emotions”
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Give it a go! Great read!!