Donald Robertson

So with things like that, you just have to go, we could write an academic history where we argue about the possible dates, but in order to write a movie, you'd have to go, we have to pick a date, got to pick one. It could be like one of like maybe three different, you've just got to choose one and go with it in order to be able to tell the story.

And that's, I guess that's what liberated me is I just thought it needs to just be approached like we're writing a graphic novel or a movie. Which you did.

And that's, I guess that's what liberated me is I just thought it needs to just be approached like we're writing a graphic novel or a movie. Which you did.

And that's, I guess that's what liberated me is I just thought it needs to just be approached like we're writing a graphic novel or a movie. Which you did.

I take some satisfaction in that. Some authors just write the same book over and over again. And I don't know that I did this deliberately. It'd be like an actor that just plays the same kind of characters over and over, and then you've got other people that do lots of different things. But I look back at the books that I've written.

I take some satisfaction in that. Some authors just write the same book over and over again. And I don't know that I did this deliberately. It'd be like an actor that just plays the same kind of characters over and over, and then you've got other people that do lots of different things. But I look back at the books that I've written.

I take some satisfaction in that. Some authors just write the same book over and over again. And I don't know that I did this deliberately. It'd be like an actor that just plays the same kind of characters over and over, and then you've got other people that do lots of different things. But I look back at the books that I've written.

Although I did actually write three books in a row about Marcus Aurelius, they're all different genres. One's more of an academic history. One's a self-help book. One's a graphic novel. So if I look at the books, I've probably written about eight books, they're all quite different from each other. I feel like I kind of stretched myself.

Although I did actually write three books in a row about Marcus Aurelius, they're all different genres. One's more of an academic history. One's a self-help book. One's a graphic novel. So if I look at the books, I've probably written about eight books, they're all quite different from each other. I feel like I kind of stretched myself.

Although I did actually write three books in a row about Marcus Aurelius, they're all different genres. One's more of an academic history. One's a self-help book. One's a graphic novel. So if I look at the books, I've probably written about eight books, they're all quite different from each other. I feel like I kind of stretched myself.

I mean, the pros and cons of that are sometimes when you stretch yourself and do something you haven't done before, you can kind of fall flat on your face and maybe you figure out it's not your forte or whatever. But the positive side is that that's how you grow, by taking a chance and doing something that's... something you never even imagined that you'd be doing.

I mean, the pros and cons of that are sometimes when you stretch yourself and do something you haven't done before, you can kind of fall flat on your face and maybe you figure out it's not your forte or whatever. But the positive side is that that's how you grow, by taking a chance and doing something that's... something you never even imagined that you'd be doing.

I mean, the pros and cons of that are sometimes when you stretch yourself and do something you haven't done before, you can kind of fall flat on your face and maybe you figure out it's not your forte or whatever. But the positive side is that that's how you grow, by taking a chance and doing something that's... something you never even imagined that you'd be doing.

I think that was part of it as well. I kind of thought it's too difficult to write a book like this about Socrates. And I thought, well, as I get older, I'm less afraid of making mistakes. And I thought, what's the worst that can happen? Maybe I'll just mess it up and the book will be rubbish or something. I thought, yeah, I think I'd rather just try, have a go at doing it.

I think that was part of it as well. I kind of thought it's too difficult to write a book like this about Socrates. And I thought, well, as I get older, I'm less afraid of making mistakes. And I thought, what's the worst that can happen? Maybe I'll just mess it up and the book will be rubbish or something. I thought, yeah, I think I'd rather just try, have a go at doing it.

I think that was part of it as well. I kind of thought it's too difficult to write a book like this about Socrates. And I thought, well, as I get older, I'm less afraid of making mistakes. And I thought, what's the worst that can happen? Maybe I'll just mess it up and the book will be rubbish or something. I thought, yeah, I think I'd rather just try, have a go at doing it.

I think the other thing that swings it for me is I really – always approach it with this question in mind i imagine that if i could go back in time and kind of give the book that i'm writing to my 17 year old self or when i was 15 or something like i think what would i want to write in a book that i'm giving to my younger self And, you know, would I be kind of ashamed to write a book?

I think the other thing that swings it for me is I really – always approach it with this question in mind i imagine that if i could go back in time and kind of give the book that i'm writing to my 17 year old self or when i was 15 or something like i think what would i want to write in a book that i'm giving to my younger self And, you know, would I be kind of ashamed to write a book?

I think the other thing that swings it for me is I really – always approach it with this question in mind i imagine that if i could go back in time and kind of give the book that i'm writing to my 17 year old self or when i was 15 or something like i think what would i want to write in a book that i'm giving to my younger self And, you know, would I be kind of ashamed to write a book?

And then maybe we go, okay, we pick one of these dates for when the pronouncement is made at Delphi. Oh, damn, we got it wrong. You know, like, so maybe the chronology is a little bit off or something like that. Or there's some other debatable historical point. Would my 17-year-old self care about that? Or would he just think, I don't really care if there's one or two details that are debatable.