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Donald Robertson on Marcus Aurelius and Understanding Stoicism

The Daily Stoic

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Senseca and Nero - The History of Rome and the Roman Empire

They both lose their father very young. They are not actually in line for the throne, and they're introduced to stoto sticism by a grat stoic teacher. Maybe seneca isna wasn't as good a ro model in some ways, as as jenis rusticus, perhaps. But i think seneca can have collaborated with nero to some extent. And certainly, i don't think seneca was very popular with the stoi proposition. I think they saw him like isas abo, perhaps. So that could be part of it. Also, what's interesting, as marcus mentions neroandten, you knowehe cannot use them as an example

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