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Well /lit/ .... what am I in for?

>> No.16779552

Sounds like pop history. Why do we want to listen to this Robertson guy instead of reading the text directly?

>> No.16779569

>>16779537
It's decent enough, a good companion piece and gives context for Meditations. Would recommend you actually read Meditations first, or alongside this.
>>16779552
More palatable for the average consumer who doesn't read philosophy. The mere term philosophy has a stigma of elitism and impenetrability that often scares people off. But of course you wouldn't realise that, butterfly.

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>>16779569
Just say “yes, you are right, but it helps the plebs find Stoicism. Thank you.”
Yw

>> No.16779584

>>16779581
shut the fuck up butters seriously.

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>>16779584

>> No.16779628

>>16779552
fart in a jar and send it to me

>> No.16779634

>>16779537
A clear guide for those facing adversity, seeking tranquility, and pursuing exellence

>> No.16779749

>>16779609

>these are 10/10s in the UK

>> No.16779790

cant be worse than the actual meditations book

>> No.16779984

>>16779581
Shut up Butters, you're wrong, as always. You didn't say anything worth justifying as correct.

>> No.16780010

>>16779609
Why are trannies so obnoxious? It's like a compulsive urge.

>> No.16780090

>>16779609
Why they look so ugly?

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>>16780090
They’re laughing. They’re two beautiful Czech girls

>> No.16781159

>>16779581
>>16779609
>>16779552
Based. I would much rather have you around in these threads than the retarded Christian LARPer who only types in capitals, even if you're both completely wrong about just about every statement you make.

>> No.16781166

If you're going to think like an emperor you might as well think like an interesting incestuous maniac and not like some boring pseud

>> No.16781220

He's knowledgable and looks at things from the perspective of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist which is interesting.

Like most modern advocates though he discards the theology and metaphysics of the ancient Stoics.

Try the Stoicism on Fire podcast if you want something that retains those features.

Or just read the originals. It's clear that they are all very pious men and that their belief in God (not the Abrahamic one) is very important to them.

>> No.16781906

Popular nonsense for the self-improvement set. Sad.

>> No.16782057

>>16779537
>Well /lit/ .... what am I in for?

>le 'i must not let muh emotion affect me xD' meme

instead of

>i will claim any land my soldiers come across as my own and feed captured enemies to lions in the coliseum.

>> No.16782063

>>16779537
bullshit

>> No.16782086

>>16779537
Just read Marcus (and Epictetus) for yourself instead of going through an intermediary.

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>>16782057

> >i will claim any land my soldiers come across as my own and feed captured enemies to lions in the coliseum

Marcus did both of those things. He wrote Meditations while waging war against German tribes on the Danube.

> le "being an emotionally unstable degenerate" meme