#74: Roman Honor With Carlin Barton
The Art of Manliness
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The Power of Obedience
The story of Dronica is about her efforts to try in every, every way she can possibly think of. She tries everything she can to save that child. And she fails, she cannot save the child. Nothing she does. They're going to kill it. In the Roman sensibility, even in the early imperial period, they're not really willing,. even by a stoic like Seneca, it's not really willing to give up that very ancient notion of maximizing your autonomy. You say you want my child? Have my child. That there's these tremendous tensions in ancient thought.
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