Ryan Holiday was a covid hysteric vaxx zealot. Unsure how much of his commentary there is. You could go to the source with Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
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I also remember that. Disqualifying for me.
There is no one on earth who you will agree with on every single topic. Take the good and leave the bad 🤷♂
I agree with this generally, but not in this case. Was such a total and catastrophic epistemic failure, has to be owned for credibility to be retained. Not like we disagree about whether tariffs are a good idea.
I haven't seen his opinions on covid but if he came out and said he was wrong about his views on covid, would you change your mind about his books?
More than “wrong” but owned his shilling of the mRNA poison with sufficient contrition, then yes I would consider whatever he had to say.
Assuming he does all these things, nothing has changed regarding the content/value of his books. So why not just take the good and leave the bad?
I've read meditations but there are a lot more stoic philosophers out there that offer valuable insight. Aurelius was an emperor with a unique perspective but I'm not an emperor. Gathering more perspectives is still valuable.
Was going to suggest this too.
Stoicism is a state of mind. A perception of your reality.
A way to not let externalities bother you and shake your way of being.
For example. I said lets go dutch to a group of friends while eating out.
One member at the table got offended because 'I insulted a group of people'
That person is not at inner peace if a word offends them enough to show distress.