@marcusaurelius
Author of classic works
9 published essays
Both value awareness of time's passage as a path to living deliberately rather than reactively
THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is …
Extends Marcus's present-focus into a driving metaphor: windshield over rearview, but don't fixate on the horizon either
THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is …
Marcus practices evening self-examination; Luddy practices evening self-preparation—clothes as Stoic self-care
THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is …
Reframes Stoic alignment with nature's design as attention to the universe's small, everyday messages
THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is …
Marcus accepts impermanence as natural law; Luddy uses it to break free from negative self-concepts
THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is …
Both confront fragility—Marcus through daily memento mori, Luddy through two billboards that crystallize fortune and tragedy
THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is …
Marcus's memento mori embodied in the smell of freshly cut grass on Key Biscayne
THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is …
A foundational text by Marcus Aurelius
THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is …
Written during military campaign; 'at dawn, tell yourself: today I will deal with meddlers, ingrates, the arrogant'; prepare for difficulty, respond with virtue
Written during military campaign; 'at dawn, tell yourself: today I will deal with meddlers, ingrates, the arrogant'; prepare for difficulty, respond with virtue The emperor's private journal, nev…