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How to think like a roman emperor, Donald Robertson
> Go to the rising sun, for I am already setting., [[Marcus Aurelius]]
The grand parade of desire
If we assume that nobody is born evil, there must be gateways to a vicious, nefarious state of mind. It can be seen as continuous indulgence to pleasures and cravings. Robbers crave for riches, perverts for sexual pleasures, killers violence, and tyrants for power. [[Marcus Aurelius]]’s point here is that if you examine their “so-called pleasures” you’ll most likely realize that they are not so different from yours.
To each his own
> Another has done me wrong? Let him see to it. He has his own tendencies, and his own affairs. What I have now is what the common nature has willed, and what I endeavor to accomplish now is what my nature wills. —[[Marcus Aurelius]], MEDITATIONS, 5.25
How to think like a roman emperor, Donald Robertson
> The universe is change: life is opinion #resonate, [[Marcus Aurelius]]
How to think like a roman emperor, Donald Robertson
Someone you respect and admire for his virtues, it could be [[Marcus Aurelius]] himself!
Listen to coach Marcus
2021, [[Marcus Aurelius]] a successful business executive, twice Time’s person of the year, and a regular columnist in Forbes magazine is hired by a struggling organization as a business coach. Long-time practitioner of [[Stoicism]], Marcus is also the author of 2 best-selling books, [...]
Premeditation of Adversity
> Begin the morning by saying to yourself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial, [[Marcus Aurelius]]
Circumstances have no care for our feelings
> You shouldn’t give circumstances the power to rouse anger, for they don’t care at all. —[[Marcus Aurelius]], MEDITATIONS, 7.38
How to think like a roman emperor, Donald Robertson
> Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be; just be one, [[Marcus Aurelius]]
How to think like a roman emperor, Donald Robertson
Great adept of [[Stoicism]] himself, the author, [[Donald Robertson]] tells the story of one of the most influential Stoics, the roman emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]].
How to think like a roman emperor, Donald Robertson
[[Marcus Aurelius]] suffered from chronic pains from his early forties until his death, and though quite frail, he was very resilient. This is attributed to his Stoic approach to pain.
The smoke and dust of myth
> Keep a list before your mind of those who burned with anger and resentment about something, of even the most renowned for success, misfortune, evil deeds, or any special distinction. Then ask yourself, how did that work out? Smoke and dust, the stuff of simple myth trying to be legend … —[[Marcus Aurelius]], MEDITATIONS, 12.27
Marcus Aurelius