James Romm
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first heard May 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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years and years of study, starting with geometry and astronomy and higher math and going up to dialectic.
And he was going to see how he would react.
So he lands in Syracuse for the second time, well, the third time, but the second time under Dionysius the Younger and presents him with this scenario.
And Dionysius says, oh, well, I already know all this stuff because other people have told it to me.
And at that point, Plato is sort of done.
But the fact that
after having lived with him five years earlier for months and months and seeing exactly what kind of person he was, you know, a drunk, a libertine, unstable, emotional figure that he still thought, well, you know, maybe he'll pass the test and I'll have a true student on my hands.
Yes, Marcus Aurelius is the anti-Nero in many ways.
What's ironic is that his teachers had all learned from Epictetus, who had been present at the court of Nero and had probably seen the disaster with Seneca.
So there is a direct line of transmission, really, from Seneca to Marcus.
But the two of them are very distinct.
And of course, Nero and Marcus are just antithetical.
The one man who clung to his moral principles.
Yes.
Even in spite of the immense duress, immense pressure.
And the other who collapsed, really, as soon as the opportunity for wrongdoing came around.
And so maybe that's the swing vote.
That could be, yes, the parentage.
And, of course, Nero also lacked a father.
But so did Marcus.
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