Who Was Marcus Aurelius' Favorite Stoic?
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Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key Stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world. The truth of the matter is that most philosophers lived in a bubble. They lived of fantasy life. Plato was born to a wealthy family.
Seneca was born to a wealthy family. Cato was born to a wealthy family. Schopenhauer had an enormous inheritance. Kierkegaard had an enormous inheritance. Although these philosophers spoke about life, they spoke about struggle, they spoke about freedom, they spoke about truth, it's hard not to notice the class and privilege that
colors their view of these very matters, which is what makes the Stoic philosopher Epictetus so interesting. This is not just a man who is born into slavery in the ancient world. He's not even given a name. Epictetus just means acquired one. And that his philosophy would ultimately be about freedom and the triumph of the human spirit is a testament
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