How not to feel jolted and keep your cool and composure in the face of spitefulness of individuals and upending events?
It is intriguing to know that the philosopher who shines light on this pathway to negotiate the curves of life was also an emperor of great repute as an empathetic human.
Two millennia ago, Marcus Aurelius, (April 26, 121 - March 17, 180) Roman emperor and stoic philosopher wrote notes for and to himself which can serve even today as elemental tools for navigating the existential challenges of being human.
The book entitled Meditations is a timeless book of pithy sayings with a sentence or two to a paragraph incorporating certain ideas into the way we live. His advice is to be practised by us and comes as great inspiration for us today whenever we get tired, frustrated or have to deal with crisis.
Good emperors
According to Machiavelli, an Italian historian, writer and....
