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Modern Wisdom

#274 - Donald Robertson - Stoicism: How To Think Like A Roman Emperor

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Donald Robertson is a Psychotherapist and an author.

People are getting tattoos of Marcus Aurelius, copies of his Meditations sold out at the beginning of the pandemic and yet he was just some bloke two thousand years ago. What made him so special and what is there to learn from his life?

Expect to learn how stoicism and cognitive behavioural therapy are intrinsically linked, why an existential crisis can be useful, how Marcus Aurelius dealt with his anger, why Donald thinks we lost the wisdom of ancient Greece and much more...

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