Myslet jako římský císař / Jak uplatnit stoickou moudrost v každodenním životě – Robertson Donald (2022)

Discover the stoic principles that can change your life. This book will help you speak and act wisely, adhere to your values, overcome many passions, endure pain and death, and, last but not least, relinquish fear and conquer anger. • How to always act wisely and prudently? • What can help us in difficult situations? Many emperors who ruled the greatest known empire of their time have been forgotten. Dust settles on their busts in the dark repositories of museums. One of them, however, can still inspire us with his thoughts even after two thousand years: Marcus Aurelius. Often later depicted as sickly or pale, he survived not only the animosity at the Roman court but also the death of his children, a long stay somewhere in the north in Pannonia among wild barbarian tribes, and the betrayal of his closest friend. How did he manage to always act wisely and prudently? What helped him in difficult situations? What thoughts might have crossed his mind? It is the stoic approach to things. The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was also the last known stoic philosopher of the ancient world. His Meditations, a personal diary, is still read today as one of the classic works of self-development and spiritual literature of all time. Donald Robertson skillfully...