Donald Robertson

Right.

And they, the way that Fronto talks about her is with reverence.

Like, you know, it really, it really comes through, not just as a powerful and wealthy Roman woman, but as an intellectual superior in some ways.

So she, I wish we knew more about her.

Right.

And this, what she says, it's just one fleeting little remark there.

You know, not only to avoid wrongdoing in your actions, but also in your thoughts.

In a way, that sets up the entire agenda for writing the meditations.

That's the ideal that Marcus is aspiring to all his life.

Yeah, like the whole concept of writing the meditations is about following through on this thing that he remembers his mother saying.

at the beginning, which is to work on his character, like to improve his mind and not just his external behavior.

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dude i love every time that we get to speak i adored all of your last books and you've done a new one about socrates why would anyone want to think like socrates why would anyone care about this old dead white guy or whatever he i love socrates i i love marcus aurelius but socrates is like the next level you know i really am excited to to be able to talk and and write about him and stuff

dude i love every time that we get to speak i adored all of your last books and you've done a new one about socrates why would anyone want to think like socrates why would anyone care about this old dead white guy or whatever he i love socrates i i love marcus aurelius but socrates is like the next level you know i really am excited to to be able to talk and and write about him and stuff

Socrates was... I'll tell you why. This is going to seem like an odd answer, right? There's Eric Clapton, right, and guys like that. And then there's Jimi Hendrix, right? Eric Clapton's an amazing guitarist, but Jimi Hendrix, to me anyway, sounds like he's from another planet, right? Jimi Hendrix took his guitar to bed with him.

Socrates was... I'll tell you why. This is going to seem like an odd answer, right? There's Eric Clapton, right, and guys like that. And then there's Jimi Hendrix, right? Eric Clapton's an amazing guitarist, but Jimi Hendrix, to me anyway, sounds like he's from another planet, right? Jimi Hendrix took his guitar to bed with him.

Socrates was... I'll tell you why. This is going to seem like an odd answer, right? There's Eric Clapton, right, and guys like that. And then there's Jimi Hendrix, right? Eric Clapton's an amazing guitarist, but Jimi Hendrix, to me anyway, sounds like he's from another planet, right? Jimi Hendrix took his guitar to bed with him.

He woke up in the morning, strapped his guitar on and fried eggs wearing his guitar. He went to the lavatory wearing his guitar, right? Psychologists call that time on task, like he was constantly practicing and stuff like he was obsessed with it.

He woke up in the morning, strapped his guitar on and fried eggs wearing his guitar. He went to the lavatory wearing his guitar, right? Psychologists call that time on task, like he was constantly practicing and stuff like he was obsessed with it.

He woke up in the morning, strapped his guitar on and fried eggs wearing his guitar. He went to the lavatory wearing his guitar, right? Psychologists call that time on task, like he was constantly practicing and stuff like he was obsessed with it.