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Author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. I'm a philosopher and psychotherapist with a special interest in Stoicism and CBT.

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	How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius 4.39 avg rating — 2,414 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stoicism and the Art of Happiness 4.11 avg rating — 963 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy 4.16 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resilience: Teach Yourself how to Survive and Thrive in any Situation 4.03 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Practice Of Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Discovery of Hypnosis- The Complete Writings of James Braid, the Father of Hypnotherapy by Donald J. Robertson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James Braid, Michael Heap (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Meditations: The Philosophy Classic by Marcus Aurelius, Donald J. Robertson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tom Butler-Bowdon (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 115,833 ratings — published 180 — 2656 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Donald Robertson liked Dustin's review of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius: "Chapter Eight is a masterpiece. "
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Donald Robertson made a comment on David’s review of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius " It's not fictionalized. It's closely based on the surviving Roman histories of his reign, and other historical evidence. "
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Donald Robertson answered Vinnie Vinculado's question: When will the graphic novel about the life of Marcus Aurelius be released? Not for a while yet. It takes a long time to do the 250 pages of full colour artwork. It might be published around Fall 2021, perhaps.
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Donald Robertson made a comment on Deucalion’s review of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius " I appreciate the review. Could you please let me know where you feel sources were lacking and I'll consider adding them to the next edition. Thanks. "
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“From the moment we’re born we’re constantly dying, not only with each stage of life but also one day at a time. Our bodies are no longer the ones to which our mothers gave birth, as Marcus put it. Nobody is the same person he was yesterday. Realizing this makes it easier to let go: we can no more hold on to life than grasp the waters of a rushing stream.”
― Donald J. Robertson, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

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“The Stoic Sage, or wise man, needs nothing but uses everything well; the fool believes himself to “need” countless things, but he uses them all badly.”
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“The Stoics adopted the Socratic division of cardinal virtues into wisdom, justice, courage, and moderation.”
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“Wisdom, in all these forms, mainly requires understanding the difference between good, bad, and indifferent things. Virtue is good and vice is bad, but everything else is indifferent.”
― Donald J. Robertson, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

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“In typically blunt fashion he told them that sheep don’t vomit up grass to show the shepherds how much they’ve eaten but rather digest their food inwardly and produce good wool and milk outwardly.”
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“This is illustrated by one of Aesop’s fables, which says that each of us is born with two sacks suspended from our neck: one filled with the faults of others that hangs within our view and one hidden behind our back filled with our own faults. We see the flaws of others quite clearly, in other words, but we have a blind spot for our own. The New Testament likewise asks why we look at the tiny splinter of wood in our brother’s eye yet pay no attention to the great plank of wood obscuring our own view (Matthew 7:3–5).”
― Donald J. Robertson, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

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“Freemasonry also celebrates the four cardinal virtues of Greek philosophy, which correspond symbolically with the four corners of the lodge: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance.”
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