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Read Meditations

>> No.12436634

>>12436632
Already did. Love it

>> No.12436635

Why do dudebros like it so much?

>> No.12436636

>>12436632
I read some paragraphs before and everything I read were things I already thought of. I know that it was his diary, but it doesn't feel much different from a modern day self help book

>> No.12436854

>>12436635
It's a diary that belonged to the fucking emperor of Rome. It's quite fascinating to be able too look into the mind of the Roman emperor.

>> No.12436860

>>12436854
You read any Caesar?

>> No.12436881

>>12436860
Any Roman writer that wrote in Latin isn't worth reading.

>> No.12436883

>>12436860
sure but that's a propaganda book. Marus Aurelius is a personal diary.

>> No.12436884
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12436884

>>12436632
>Reflects on one passage in the Meditations every couple of days or weeks.
Don't "read" the meditations you fucking consumer.

>> No.12437205

>>12436632
based and stoicpilled