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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life
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Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life

Donald J. Robertson
Donald J. Robertson

Oct 3, 2019

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How Anyone Can Think Like a Roman Emperor

Stoicism and Majesty as a State of Mind

The greatest empire is to be emperor of oneself. — Seneca, Letters, 113

When I came up with the title of my latest book How to Think Like a Roman Emperor it was intended to have a double meaning. First of all, of course, I had in mind a specific Roman…

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Donald J. Robertson

Donald J. Robertson

Cognitive psychotherapist, author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. Check out our new graphic novel “Verissimus”: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/verissimus/

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