Do you find it easy or difficult to "be a good person"?
Sometimes the simplest things can be the hardest, eh?
Never heard of Epictetus. I would remember, because that's an epic name...
I like Kant's categorical Imperative. Which seemlessly integrates with Mark Aurel and other stoics.
Have you heard of the Lakonians? The OG Stoics.
I look up to these dudes.
But it's hard. By default, by temperament, I am not a "good person", at all.
I am not calm. I am unfair and selfish and emotional. Another greek word: I am choleric.
Perceived injustice drives me up a wall and I sometimes have no patience for other people... things like that. Classic...
So, I have to make a conscious effort all the time and overwrite my factory settings.
If I don't control my behavior, I am completely chaotic.
Stoicism and related concepts are an expression of self-control and discipline.
And that's all quite easy in theory, but one of the hardest things to practice.
...for me at least.