Synkatathesis

Granting or withholding

For the Stoics every impression awaits the soul’s synkatathesis, its assent — the inner “yes” by which we accept an appearance as true and let it move us. Assent is what lies in our power: the wise give it only to the grasping impression, withholding it where things are unclear. Error and passion alike are faults of premature assent by the ruling part.