#497 - Donald Robertson - The Stoicism Secrets Of Marcus Aurelius

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Donald Robertson is a stoicism historian, a psychotherapist and an author.

Marcus Aurelius has become one of the most quoted and most popular philosophers in history. His meditations have helped millions of people to find solace in hard times and deal with setbacks in life. But which elements of his life and philosophy have been hidden from the public and how many valuable insights are less widely known?

Expect to learn why many of Marcus' quotes might be plagiarising lost texts from other philosophers, whether Donald thinks that Marcus took psychedelics during a sacred ceremony, just how crazy Emperor Nero was, what Marcus learned about not being seduced by fame, how the Stoics would advise people to deal with depression and much more...

Sponsors:

Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/

Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM)

Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM)

Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at https://bit.ly/cdwisdom (use code MW15)

Extra Stuff:

Buy Verissimus - https://amzn.to/3ybXgWs

Follow Donald on Twitter - https://twitter.com/DonJRobertson

Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/

To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom

Get in touch.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast

Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	What's happening people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Donald Robertson. He's a
0:05.9	stoicism historian, a psychotherapist, and an author. Marcus Aralius has become one of the most
0:12.4	quoted and most popular philosophers in history. His meditations have helped millions of people
0:18.3	to find solace in hard times and deal with setbacks in life, but which elements of his life and
0:24.2	philosophy have been hidden from the public and how many valuable insights are less widely known.
0:29.8	Expect to learn why many of Marcus' quotes might be plagiarizing lost texts from other philosophers,
0:36.1	whether Donald thinks that Marcus took psychedelics during a sacred ceremony, just how crazy Emperor
0:42.5	was, what Marcus learned about not being seduced by fame, how the Stoics would advise people to
0:47.9	deal with depression and much more. Donald is one of the best communicators on the planet when it
0:55.8	comes to history, philosophy, and especially stoicism. The guy is a legitimate force of nature,
1:02.7	and I'm so glad to have him on the show again. You're going to learn so much today. Just sit back
1:09.2	and enjoy this. The guy is phenomenal. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Man's
1:15.8	Escape. The best in men's below the waste grooming, they have just launched their brand new and
1:20.6	improved lawnmower 4.0, engineered to be the ultimate ball and bodyhair trimmer by focusing on
1:26.0	functionality for an unbeatably comfortable grooming experience. You do not need to be trimming
1:31.2	yourself with an old face shaver from five Christmas's ago that you are terrified to use and
1:36.0	nicks you every time you touch it. The lawnmower 4.0 has a 90 minute battery so that you can take a
1:42.0	longer shave, waterproof technology which allows you to groom in the shower and an LED light,
1:46.4	soluminant, grooming areas for a closer and more precise trim. They've also upgraded to a 7,000
1:51.3	RPM motor with quiet stroke technology and have a cutting edge ceramic blade to reduce grooming
1:56.4	accidents. It's even got a wireless charging system using electromagnetic induction to help the
2:01.0	battery last even longer. Also, you can get 20% off everything sight-wide from Man's Escape,
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -997 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chris Williamson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chris Williamson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.