"When you have done good and another has benefited, why do still look, as fools do, for a third thing besides - credit for good works, or a return?" ~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.73

Who dis?

One of the things that surprised me the most when I got into Roman History was that Julius Caesar was an author and his writings were available to be read. I had no idea 🤷‍♂️ Where should I start ... The Gallic Wars or the Civil Wars?

Good morning, my fellow Stoics and Romanophiles 🫡🏛️

Are you taking life too damn seriously? Instead of finding the humor in things, do they seem serious to you? Instead of making light of your assortment of trivial first world problems, do you carry them around like a heavy burden? Instead of shrugging minor setbacks off, do you

Stoic Thought of the Day Anxiety is a natural human emotion, but you can minimize it. How? Change your perception of your circumstances. Anxiety is not being done to you. You are doing it to yourself. Manage your anxiety. By managing your perceptions.

"Kings become better in the midst of wars and campaigns than when they remain at leisure." ~ Plutarch

"Alexander, Julius Caesar, Pompey - what are they to Diogenes, Heraclitus, Socrates? These men saw into reality, its causes and its material, and their minds were their own masters. As for the former, they were slaves to all their ambitions." ~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Eugène Delacroix, 1844

The Consolation of Philosophy has quickly become one of my favorite philosophy books. Any fellow Boethius fans out there?

Good morning, my fellow Stoics and Romanophiles 🫡🏛️

Marcus Agrippa would revolutionize Ancient Rome... And would go on to change the world. Let's explore the forgotten story of one of the greatest architects of all time... 🧵

Desire and resistance are two sides of the same tarnished coin. Both indicate a degree of unhappiness with our current state of affairs. Desire suggests that we want something that is not currently in our possession. Resistance shows that we have something we do not wish to

Stoic Thought of the Day Strike a balance between time alone and time with others. Time alone allows you to reflect and recharge. Time with others allows you to engage and give back. Too much time on either side of the spectrum. Will leave you unbalanced and unhappy.

"Remember the past with gratitude and approach the future happily and optimistically, without fear and without apprehension." ~ Plutarch, On Contentment

When you're marching through Teutoburg Forest and the trees start talking German

"Do not dream of possession of what you do not have: rather reflect on the greatest blessings in what you do have, and on their account remind yourself how much they would have been missed if they were not there." ~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.27

Marcus Aurelius: “Stop talking about what a good man is like and just be one.” Me:

Them: Marcus Aurelius was a bad Roman Emperor because of Commodus. Me:

Sounds like the perfect day to me 🤷‍♂️