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Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by taberiand on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:17PM (#19088714)
Meditations is what immediately came to my mind also. It's a humbling and reassuring look into the mind of a great leader and stoic; to know that there was this man, the most powerful in his time, who strived - and struggled - to be the best he could, is inspiring.
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Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by HNLurker2 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:25AM (#19094051)
Are we really going that low to take beliefs from WER (white, educated, rich) people? I mean wasn't Seneca the rich man during that time? And also Marcus Aurelius book doesn't seem appealing to read because it was never meant to be published.
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Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost... by englishrookie on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @08:03AM (#19094752)
About the 'white' part: the Roman empire apparently did not categorize people based on something as superficial as their skin color: "physiognomy did not function as a criterion of social status in the Roman system of stratification". [1]

[1] https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt/V1N4/thompson.htm...

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