27. Happy birthday, Marcus Aurelius!

Philosophy as a Way of Life - A podcast by Massimo Pigliucci

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Join Rob and Massimo for a celebration of Marcus Aurelius' 1900th birthday. We talk about the passages in the Meditations that have most influenced our lives, ask whether Marcus persecuted Christians, why he didn't abolish slavery, and why on earth he picked Commodus to succeed him! [Episode extracted from a show formerly known as the Stoa Nova Conversations.]