The life-changing ideas of Stoicism taught by way of the story of its most well-known proponent.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was the ultimate well-known Stoic thinker of the traditional world. The Meditations, his private journal, survives to this present day as one of the crucial cherished self-help and non secular classics of all time. In Learn how to Suppose Like a Roman Emperor, psychotherapist Donald Robertson weaves tales of Marcus’ life from the Roman histories along with explanations of Stoicism – its philosophy and its psychology – to enlighten at present’s listeners. He discusses Stoic methods for dealing with on a regular basis issues, from irrational fears and dangerous habits to anger, ache, and sickness.
Learn how to Suppose Like a Roman Emperor takes listeners on a transformative journey together with Marcus, following his progress from a younger noble on the court docket of Hadrian – taken beneath the wing of among the most interesting philosophers of his day – by way of to his reign as emperor of Rome on the peak of its energy. Robertson exhibits how Marcus used philosophical doctrines and therapeutic practices to construct emotional resilience and endure great adversity, and guides listeners by way of making use of the identical strategies to their very own lives.
Combining exceptional tales from Marcus’s life with insights from fashionable psychology and the enduring knowledge of his philosophy, Learn how to Suppose Like a Roman Emperor places a human face on Stoicism and provides a timeless and important information to dealing with the moral and psychological challenges we face at present.
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