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Donald Robertson

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Author of "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor", and "How to Think Like Socrates". President of the Plato's Academy Centre @platoacademycen in Athens.
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Watch this New In-Depth Interview About Stoicism and the Art of Living

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By Donald Robertson
| Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life
I recently travelled to Topanga in California to have a conversation about philosophy with Andre Duqum for his Know Thyself YouTube channel. Andre has a beautiful studio and he’s a wonderful interviewer. We spoke for four and a half hours. On the trip from Laguna Beach, my Uber driver was a great guy, who was really into yoga and philosophy.
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Stoicism is not unemotional

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By Donald Robertson
| Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life
The misconception that Stoics are unemotional like a robot or, as they put it, a statue is so widespread that I’ve decided to put together some brief notes to summarise the opposing view, taken with modifications from my book Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2013). The modern word “stoicism” (lowercase) means someone who has a stiff upper-lip, or more specifically someone who suppresses or conceals unpleasant or embarrassing emotions.
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Marcus Aurelius Was Not an Emotionless Stoic

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By Donald Robertson
| Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life
People often view Marcus Aurelius as the voice of calm, detached, serenity, but make the mistake of assuming that he was completely emotionless. The real Marcus was more interesting than that. He experienced grief, wept, and worried. He struggled with anger, fear, illness, bereavement, war, plague, political intrigue, and the moral burden of ruling the whole Roman Empire.
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