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I bought his book meditations about 20 years ago and just got around to reading it last month. I made it to my chapter 3 we're in he says something to the effe
by readthenotes1 3y ago
I bought his book meditations about 20 years ago and just got around to reading it last month.
I made it to my chapter 3 we're in he says something to the effect of "I have saved all these old scrolls from Greek and Roman philosophers to read in my old age and now that I'm there I know that I never will"
Ironic.
He is known as the last of the good emperors, because he was a bad emperor who swt his insane son up to be the next one
- jkmcf 3y agoGood emperor, bad father? Definitely a good example against primogeniture.
- readthenotes1 3y agoA well-read person I know said that he actually was a bad emperor, in that his attacks on the Germanic tribes are what actually united them and strengthen them.