 Achieving the correct disposition of one’s capacity for choice requires more than inclination. The learner must also undertake an extensive program of self-examination and correction of views. While ethical development is made easier by the direct instruction and self-help techniques a teacher like Epictetus himself might provide, it is also possible without such aid. It is indeed a capability inherent in human nature, for the faculty that perceives and corrects errors of judgment is the reasoning faculty itself. Through reason, we may learn to avoid precipitancy in pursue our ends “with reservation” (Encheiridion 2), mindful that god may not bring them to fruition; and to avoid precipitancy in action and assent. It is even possible to alter such emotional dispositions as timorousness or quickness of temper, through repeated practice in giving more appropriate responses (2.16, 2.18).