How Many Examples Do You Need? | This Spring Activity Will Teach You Valuable Stoic Lessons
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🗓️ 28 March 2025
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The unfeeling stereotype of a Stoic would of course not be moved by a roll call of plague victims, the death of beloved tutor, or the enormity of the imperial burden. But Marcus Aurelius was never that. He was a human being.
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| 1:46.5 | How many examples do you need? Given that he was a powerful head of state, a warrior, a brilliant man, |
| 2:07.1 | you might think that most of the stories we have about Marcus Aurelius would be illustrations of these traits. |
| 2:12.8 | Marcus Aurelius charging on the battlefield. Marcus Aurelius is razor-sharp wit, Marcus Aurelius' wise statesmanship. |
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