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Re:Marcus Aurelius: The Man Who Solved the Universe [video] by bugglebeetle on Friday January 19, 2024 @07:57PM (#39063508)
I’ve read it and found it to be sanctimonious apologia for the exercise of violent domination. Epictetus is more tolerable. The better example is the Buddhist tradition, where a figure of comparable authority to Aurelius abandoned power in pursuit of monasticism and universal respect for all life.

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