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Marcus Aurelius' Morning Mantra

Marcus Aurelius' Morning Mantra

Wednesday Wisdom #76

Stoic Reflections
Aug 16, 2023
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Marcus Aurelius' Morning Mantra
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Happy Wednesday, friends!

Last week, we wrote about Seneca's Favourite Word.
 

This week: Marcus Aurelius' Morning Mantra

Let's get to it 👇


How the Philosopher King began his day

It’s worth reminding ourselves that Meditations was the private journal of Marcus Aurelius, never intended for eyes other than his own.

Quite often, we see the therapeutic conversations he had with himself, expressed on paper. 

For example, in Meditations 5.1 he reminds himself in the morning:

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