You Weren’t Born This Way | The Six Stereotypes Of Stoicism
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🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Marcus Aurelius would say that the student of philosophy is like a boxer. Through training and practice and repetition, a boxer becomes one with their weapon.
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