Colin Elliott On The Art Of Navigating Lessons From History To The Modern World
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🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with economic and social historian Colin Elliott. They delve into the complexities surrounding the societal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing parallels with the ancient Antonine Plague. Elliott criticizes the lockdown measures and emphasizes the need for a nuanced and science-oriented approach. He highlights the decentralized nature of society and the diverse capacities within it, including healthcare, communities, and various institutions. The discussion touches upon the importance of accountability and learning from past mistakes, along with his book, Pox Romana, offers a comprehensive, wide-ranging account of the world’s first pandemic: the Antonine plague.
Colin P. Elliott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has published interdisciplinary research on the economic, social and environmental history of the Roman Empire, and his next project explores intersections between its economy and the environment. He has a PhD in Ancient History from University of Bristol and a BA in History from University of Oregon. He also received the David and Cheryl Morley Early Career Award for Outstanding Teaching (2021) and a Trustees Teaching Award (2016).
Check out Colin's books: Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World and Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy
Check out Colin's podcast, The Pax Romana Podcast. The Pax Romana Podcast is available everywhere podcasts can be found.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast where each weekday we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient stillics, a short passage of ancient wisdom |
| 0:16.7 | designed to help you find strength and insight here in everyday life. |
| 0:21.6 | And on Wednesdays, we talk to some of our fellow students of |
| 0:25.4 | ancient philosophy well-known and obscure fascinating and powerful with them we |
| 0:31.2 | discuss the strategies and habits that have helped them become who they are, |
| 0:35.8 | and also to find peace and wisdom in their actual lives. |
| 0:40.1 | But first, we've got a quick message from one of our sponsors. Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another episode of The Daily Stoic Podcast. |
| 1:02.0 | It's interesting when you think about |
| 1:05.6 | Marcus Rios, you think of a guy whose reign or administration started with so much promise, right? |
| 1:14.4 | He's the philosopher king. |
| 1:16.4 | He's got 20 years to prepare for the job, |
| 1:19.7 | and there's all this hope, right? |
| 1:22.0 | Since, I actually, I have a line here. |
| 1:24.6 | I have a line in, I have a line in lives of the Stoics. |
| 1:29.0 | Let's sort of set this up. |
| 1:30.8 | Since Plato, it had been the dream of wise men that one day there would be such a |
| 1:35.2 | thing as a philosopher king, right? That's what Marcus Aurelius was, the star is born. |
| 1:44.0 | And yet, Marcus isn't that well known historically. |
| 1:49.0 | He's not well known as the greatest leader who ever lived. |
| 1:53.4 | You know, he's, it just didn't go the way that he wanted it to go. |
| 1:57.5 | It didn't go poorly in the sense that he wasn't corrupted by power, |
| 2:00.9 | broken by power, made awful by power, the way that say Niro was or even |
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