The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote a fabulous book that we simply call Meditations.
Authorities tend to denigrate this book. Some have called it contradictory. The best that can often be managed in its favor is this: it’s the best representation we have of the basic tenets of Stoicism. And as everybody knows, “Stoicism” functions mainly [...]
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