Think like a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World
Marcus Aurelius on Being Thankful
S1 • E17 Mar 25, 2021 28m
Marcus Aurelius’s mastery of Stoic philosophy helped him navigate frontier wars, a rebellion, and a plague. Examine the first four chapters of Meditations, which describe exercises in gratitude and contemplations on adversity and death. His most interesting— and misunderstood—idea was: “The universe is transformation; life is opinion.”