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6771196 No.6771196 [Reply] [Original]

>start reading this cunt
>realize something is off about his philosophies
>read about him, find out he was nero's teacher
obviously im a huge pleb when it comes to classics, where do i begin if i want to be mindblown but not be a mainstream plato reading faggot?

>> No.6771208

>>6771196
Not a great philosopher, but his letters contain very profound bits of wisdom and points about living a good life and being a good leader, whcih was the stoic project really more than knowing it all.

7/10

>> No.6771235

Aristotle's pupil killed millions.

>> No.6771313

>>6771235
i was talking about more along the lines of him being a huge hypocrite, telling people how to live because its the right way to live and yet refusing to live like that

>> No.6771397

>>6771313
What do you know about Nero?