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If you are going to diss Aurelius on his advice dispensing (calling the classics 'stupid'?), you had best have profoundly insightful alternative to propose. The
by extravagrant 11y ago
If you are going to diss Aurelius on his advice dispensing (calling the classics 'stupid'?), you had best have profoundly insightful alternative to propose. The author did not. I bin this in with 'more patricidal (elder disrespecting) rubbish' seeking to overthrow the tables of the greats who got us here and usurp it with presumably more salient and/or pertinent 'recent findings' or what have you. Such endeavors usually fail miserably.
- tempestn 11y agoThe author does not say the advice is stupid. She says that it is stupid for people suffering from depression, which she acknowledges is not likely the target audience of the original piece. (In fact, the target audience was Aurelius himself, since his Meditations were more of a personal journal than a work intended for public consumption.) This article is not in any way criticizing the writing of Marcus Aurelius; it is simply using it to point out an unhelpful mindset when dealing with depression.