Marcus Aurelius
4 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 16, 2016 by Ryan Holiday · said 38 times in 9 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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brought up most by Ryan Holiday (27), William Irvine (5), Shane Parrish (3), Jason Karp (1), Code Cubitt (1), Aristotle Koskinas (1)
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2016 4 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Marcus Aurelius, oldest first
May 16, 2016 positive
Gregory Hays provides the best modern translation of Marcus Aurelius
“Every generation needs its own translation because a book like Mark Ceruleus, he's writing to himself in colloquial personal language. So, when you see, like, thou shall not, that's not, he didn't say that. That's what someone in the Like, 17th century would h…”
May 16, 2016 neutral
Nov 26, 2024
Nov 26, 2024 positive
Holiday: Marcus Aurelius resisting power's corruption surpasses any military victory
“What I think makes Marx real is such a fascinating example. Here you have one of the few humans to hold absolute power as we Would really define it and doesn't seem to have become deranged or grotesque is into an overwhelmingly cautionary tale. That to me is a…”