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Michael McGill 🏛 Profile picture
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Sep 8, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
My favorite Marcus Aurelius passage contains three Core Principles of #Stoicism

-Objectivity
-Unselfishness
-Acceptance

A few brief thoughts and Tweets I have sent on each of these Principles.

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Objectivity

Don't be lead around by your emotions.

Look at life objectively and choose the best response.

Our ability to choose lies in the space between stimulus and response.

Create that space.

Unselfishness

Do a kind deed, that only benefits another, without any thought of yourself.

Don't be too wrapped up in yourself and your problems.

Take a look around you.

Who needs help?

Go help them.

Acceptance

Accept whatever happens to you.

You can still act to influence what you can.

But it all starts with Acceptance.

Accept --> Act --> Accept --> Act --> Accept ...

And on and on.

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And how one tragic decision ended their golden era.

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Roman Emperor of the Week: Claudius
Rome's 4th Emperor.

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Roman Emperor of the Week: Caligula

The mad emperor. His reign was short, chaotic, and soaked in infamy. Was he a madman, a monster, or a misunderstood emperor trapped in myth?

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Roman Emperor of the Week: Tiberius

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