This Is Demanded Of You | 5 Stoic Secrets From The Ultimate Man Of Principle (Cato The Younger)
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🗓️ 23 May 2023
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Summary
Seneca tried to teach it to Nero but Nero couldn’t grasp it. To be fair, most leaders, most powerful people, most governments and civilizations struggle with it. In fact, up until Seneca sat down to write De Clementia there wasn’t even a word for what we have, ever since, called clemency.
Clemency, as Seneca explains it, is basically how a powerful person treats a person they have power over–particularly when the less powerful person has done wrong.
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| 0:10.6 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, |
| 0:12.8 | where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom |
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| 0:30.0 | This is demanded of you. |
| 0:32.0 | Senaika tried to teach it to Nero, but Nero couldn't grasp it. |
| 0:35.0 | To be fair, most leaders, most powerful people, |
| 0:37.0 | most governments and civilizations struggle with it. |
| 0:40.0 | In fact, up until Senaika sat down to write his essay |
| 0:43.0 | on Clemencey, there wasn't even a word for such a thing. |
| 0:48.0 | Clemencey, as Senaika explains it, |
| 0:50.0 | is basically how a powerful person treats a person |
| 0:53.0 | they have power over. |
| 0:55.0 | And then, when you're in a state of fear, |
| 0:57.0 | a powerful person treats a person they have power over, |
| 1:00.0 | particularly when the less powerful person has done wrong. |
| 1:04.0 | Clemencey was what Marcus really tried |
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