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How Marcus Aurelius Got His 'Insulting' Nickname: ​​Verissimus

Classical Wisdom Speaks

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The Book of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

In the meditations, marcus aurelius talks in a strangely abstract way. This makes it better as a self help book, because it's easyer for us to amse ourselves in the techniques. But it's less helpful as a piece, as a historical document, and because it's hard for us to then connect these sentiments to he he faced a number of fased o civil war, for example,. And several huge betrayals.

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