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How To Better Understand The Past | Say No to the Need to Impress

How To Better Understand The Past | Say No to the Need to Impress

Update: 2023-03-272
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In retrospect, so many of the decisions the Stoics made are baffling. Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus. Seneca and Nero. Their attitude toward women, toward slavery, toward violence, toward what society was supposed to look like. Even more recently, what of Stockdale and the complicated nature of the war in Vietnam.

Didn’t they know? Didn’t they know better?

Sometimes…but not always.

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And in today's Daily Stoic Journal reading, Ryan discusses the importance of avoiding the need for external validation, especially in the age of social media.

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How To Better Understand The Past | Say No to the Need to Impress

How To Better Understand The Past | Say No to the Need to Impress