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Michael McGill 🏛 Profile picture
@mcgillmd921
Sep 4, 2020 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Hey fellow Stoics ... let’s engage a little.

How did your discover #Stoicism?

Drop your story in the comments below. 👇👇👇
My Stoic journey started with the Ryan Holiday book “The Obstacle is the Way”.

I can’t recall how or why I stumbled on that book. Must of read about it somewhere.

It was the first time I heard of Stoicism and it just “fit” me and sent me down the Stoic path.
Next I listened to William Irvine’s excellent A Guide to the Good Life audiobook on a long business trip drive.

That really cemented Stoicism for me and I began reading the Stoics. Starting with Meditations.

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It was chariot racing.

The Circus Maximus drew hundreds of thousands of screaming fans, obsessed over the rival factions: Blues, Greens, Reds, Whites. They weren’t just sports teams.

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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa: Rome’s greatest #2.

Without Agrippa, Octavian would never have become Augustus.

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On this day in AD 14, Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, died.

Was it natural causes? Or poison at the hands of his wife, Livia? The death of Augustus is one of Rome’s great unsolved mysteries.

Let’s unravel the mystery of Augustus’s final act. 🧵 Image
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Rome's 7th Emperor.

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