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Podcast: Marcus Aurelius' Meditations for Modern Life
Episode: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Book 4 - Passage 4
Description: Our minds, that common constitution. Â Why are laws set the way that they are? Â What would a world be like if all humans could empathise with each other to the extent that another pain was felt as if it were your own? Â What if we all had the ability to make every single decision based on objective reason alone, each desiring with every choice and action what is best, not for us or for the immediate future, but for the greater good of all?
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of spiritual reflections and exercises dev...