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Marcus Aurelius' Meditations on Authenticity
I enjoy reading the stoics and there are all sorts of things in there that you can take away. What is it about Marcus Aurelius' meditations that you like reading so much? His focus on authenticity, his focus on integrity, being the opposite of Peter Keating,. The seriousness with which he takes morality. He does not spare himself. It is very close to the whole duty approach to ethics. You are hard on yourself. I think it is not the heart to become sympathetic to him as an individual when you read this but also it is a sad book.
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