The fact that you see things through the lens of the persecuted and not the persecutor, recoil at the injustice of violence done to those without power, is prec

The fact that you see things through the lens of the persecuted and not the persecutor, recoil at the injustice of violence done to those without power, is precisely the change I’m describing. This was not Aurelius’ view, nor one that would have much purchase in the ancient world.