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Stoicism as a Spartan Philosophy of Life

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What Ancient Stoics Took from the Spartan Training (Agoge)

Donald J. Robertson
Oct 18, 2019
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What Ancient Stoics Took from the Spartan Training (Agoge)

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, the last famous Stoic philosopher of antiquity, contains a curious passage where the Roman emperor thanks his painting tutor, Diognetus, for having introduced him to philosophy. Marcus says that Diognetus also encouraged him:

[…] to set my heart on a pallet-bed …

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