Ryan Holiday
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
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That kid is Marcus Aurelius.
And for some reason, Marcus Aurelius, as a young kid, just doesn't seem to be intimidated by the emperor at all.
And he tells him the truth.
And you can imagine that the emperor of Rome does not hear the truth very often.
There's actually a famous story about Hadrian where
Hadrian is in an argument with one of his advisors, who's a philosopher.
We don't know exactly what it was about, but it was something where it's like an objective argument.
Anyways, the philosopher ends up saying, you know what, sir?
You're right.
I was wrong.
You're right.
And later, one of his friends comes up to him and he says, why did you tell the emperor he was right?
The math equation is very clear.
He's wrong.
And the philosopher looks at him and he says, ah, this is what you don't understand.
The man who controls 50 legions is always correct.
Right?
Like...
People don't tell powerful people the truth because they are afraid of powerful people, right?
And, um, Marcus Aurelius supposedly tells the Emperor Hadrian the truth.
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