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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through the story of its most famous proponent.

2019

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

Reviews of Verissimus, our Graphic Novel

The initial reviews are in! Our new graphic novel, Verissimus the Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, currently has 4.7 stars on Amazon US…

2 min readAug 1, 2022

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Reviews of Verissimus, our Graphic Novel

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

Win a copy of “Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor”

Enter the free Goodreads Giveaway organized by Yale University Press

2 min readJan 20, 2024

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Win a copy of “Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor”

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

Was Marcus Aurelius Murdered?

Considering the claim that Commodus had the Stoic emperor killed

7 min readJan 8, 2024

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Was Marcus Aurelius Murdered?

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

Announcing “Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor”

Get my new philosophical biography of the Roman Emperor from Yale University Press

4 min readOct 18, 2023

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Announcing “Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor”

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Nodependency: How to Fall out of Love

Simple advice on how to get out of an unhealthy relationship

8 min readAug 4, 2023

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Nodependency: How to Fall out of Love

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

Epictetus on Nero

What the Stoic philosopher actually said about the notorious Roman emperor

11 min readJul 29, 2023

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Epictetus on Nero

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

Can Stoicism save Politics?

Join us for the Plato’s Academy Centre virtual event

4 min readMar 2, 2023

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Can Stoicism save Politics?

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

New Trailer: John Malkovich in “Seneca”

Take a look at the new movie about the life of the Stoic philosopher

6 min readFeb 17, 2023

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New Trailer: John Malkovich in “Seneca”

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

Join us for “Stoicism and Politics”

How can we save civility and rational discourse?

2 min readJan 11, 2023

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Join us for “Stoicism and Politics”

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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

New Podcast on Stoicism

We’re excited to announce our new Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life Podcast on Substack has already been downloaded by nearly 20k…

2 min readDec 22, 2022

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New Podcast on Stoicism

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Donald J. Robertson

Donald J. Robertson

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Cognitive psychotherapist, author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. Sign up for my new Substack newsletter: https://donaldrobertson.substack.com/

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