” That’s how he lived his life, and his students sought to emulate that example. For I go around doing nothing but persuading both young and old among you not to care for your body or your wealth in preference to or as strongly as for the best possible state of your soul, as I say to you: “Wealth does not bring about virtue, but virtue makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.(Wisdom, justice, courage, and moderation, if you prefer more modern terms.) The four cardinal virtues of Greek philosophy, which correspond symbolically with the four corners of the lodge: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance.I grew quite obsessed with the pursuit of self-knowledge, through meditation and all forms of contemplative exercises. “I am the consciousness of my own existence.” It reminded me of the famous inscription from the Delphic Oracle’s shrine: Know Thyself. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius by Donald J.
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