PERENNIAL 6
On Virtue and Vice
Marcus Aurelius
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2 min readSep 22, 2021
In this reflection, we turn to Marcus Aurelius (121–180) for wisdom on virtue and vice. The Stoics followed Socrates in the idea that virtue was knowledge and vice, ignorance. When people do right, it stems from virtue, and they go wrong from ignorance and false beliefs.
