539: Marcus Aurelius
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The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
The stoic philosophy of Marcus aurelius is full of smart ideas about how to live a better life. Like he thinks you should be cool, calm and collected, even if you're being eaten by a lion. But at the end of the day, there's only one thing that's really good for us: virtue. Everything else is irrelevant. So when you're in the lion's mouth, just remember you're not really being harmed. Just use your reason instead.
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