lol get ~~reckt~~ read, loser
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Openly admiring Aurelius or stoicism is a big red flag. Nothing inherently bad about that philosophy, but it tends to appeal to a certain type who tend to think stoicism is just the serenity prayer duct-taped to an overwhelming sense of superiority.
Some of us are aware of that and I have heard the term "broicisim" used before and I THINK thats the demographic that was being described, the same one you are talking about.
It's a shame they're bringing the reputation of this philosophy down.
Ryan Holiday is the pusher for that.
Stoicism helped me have more empathy for myself, which in turn helped me become more empathetic for others. This was after I read the book.
Growing up, I thought Dr. Cox from Scrubs was the emotional role model, as he was described as a "stoic." Couldn't have been more wrong. Meditations turned that on it's head for me and gave me the tools to try and become radically empathetic.
In the immortal words of Walt Whitman
Where did you get my journal?
Why would you do this to me?
I'll sue you, I'll sue you all.
That was private.
These Romans were selfish assoles, for sure. Imagine writing massive encyclopaedias, detailing how people saw the world at the time, to only read them at family gatherings in best case, or just have them hidden away and eventually burned.
Pretty sure if you went back in time and started spouting the things Mac A wrote about, he'd invite you to dinner and ask you to see yours and he'll show you his ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
I actually don't know jack shit about ancient Rome's library system, if any.
I miss that damn Pug.
But it wasn't uncommon a trend in antiquity for the learned and educated to maintain private memoirs and journals relating to their interests.
They just never got to figure out Wikipedia.
And most of them probably sucked, we're kinda lucky with Meditations.
I doubt that there was any sort of commonality to the rigors applied by the educated wealthy towards their "look at me, I can write and ponder about stuff because I don't need to worry about food" projects.