GM sunshine. Here is your daily dose of Stoicism:
"The stench of decay. Rotting meat in a bag.
Look at it clearly. If you can."
– Marcus Aurelius
Discussion
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Thank you for the dose. A few more words from M.A.
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be One.” – Marcus Aurelius
No blue check for Marcus, I suppose. Be well.
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Aurelius was last in a line of “Five Good Emperors” because he was the one who messed up his succession plan. The prior emperors passed power not to family but to well-groomed individuals that were basically adopted children for them, whereas Aurelius’ power went to his psychopathic son.
So my hot take is that Rome might have benefited from Aurelius putting a bit more time into preparing a proper successor and a bit less time meditating on decaying meat. The legacy of Aurelius is a lot of wise words but then ultimately the fall of Rome.
"a lot of wise words and then the destruction of the State".
I fail to see the problem here... 😏
You did make me lol though with "meditating on decaying meat" hahaha
There is a whole conspiracy theory about this. That Aurelius did in fact pick a good successor but something went wrong.
The plot of the movie "Gladiator" is completely based on this conspiracy.