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Life Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius | Book Insight on The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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Stoicism teaches its followers that their initial reactions to events are often involuntary. It encapsulates what psychologists call the cognitive theory of emotions. For Stoics like Marcus, it's not just any beliefs that matter, but certain types of value judgments. The Stoics believed that virtue is the only true good.

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