The Stoic Exercise of Putting Things in Perspective
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1 min readMay 22, 2020
Marcus Aurelius, from The Meditations:
Think about the times of Vespasian (emperor 69–79 CE). People married, raised children, got sick, died, fought wars, feasted, traveled from here to there, farmed, flattered, acted arrogantly, got suspicious, plotted, wished others dead, grumbled at the state of things, loved, accumulated stuff, sought power. All that is gone!
