Written in military tents along the Danube frontier nearly two millennia ago, Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations was never intended for publication. Yet its central insight—that “the happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts”—remains foundational to modern cognitive psychology and practical ethics.
Separating Events from Judgments
Stoicism does not counsel emotional numbness; rather, it teaches us to distinguish between external events beyond our control and the reasoned moral choices within our control.
