#497 - Donald Robertson - The Stoicism Secrets Of Marcus Aurelius

<p>Donald Robertson is a stoicism historian, a psychotherapist and an author.</p> <p>Marcus Aurelius has become one of the most quoted and most popular philosophers in history. His meditations have helped millions of people to find solace in hard times and deal with setbacks in life. But which elements of his life and philosophy have been hidden from the public and how many valuable insights are less widely known?</p> <p>Expect to learn why many of Marcus' quotes might be plagiarising lost texts from other philosophers, whether Donald thinks that Marcus took psychedelics during a sacred ceremony, just how crazy Emperor Nero was, what Marcus learned about not being seduced by fame, how the Stoics would advise people to deal with depression and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - <a href= "https://modernwisdom.locals.com/">https://modernwisdom.locals.com/</a></p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at <a href="https://www.manscaped.com/"><span class= "s1">https://www.manscaped.com/</span></a> (use code MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1">Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at <a href="https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom</span></a> (use code: MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1">Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at <a href="https://bit.ly/cdwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://bit.ly/cdwisdom</span></a> (use code MW15)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Buy Verissimus - <a href= "https://amzn.to/3ybXgWs">https://amzn.to/3ybXgWs</a></p> <p>Follow Donald on Twitter - <a href= "https://twitter.com/DonJRobertson