Christopher Browne

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Marcus’s example of acting with kindness actually entails educating the other person in two of the most important strategies he mentioned earlier: 1. Anger does more harm to us than to the person with whom we’re angry. 2. Humans are essentially social creatures; Nature didn’t intend us to fight but to help each other. He views this as another dichotomy: either we can educate the other person and change their opinions or we can’t. If we can teach them a better way, then we should do so; if not, we should accept that fact, without anger.
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
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