A man born a slave and a man born to rule an empire both…
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A man born a slave and a man born to rule an empire both arrived at the exact same conclusion about life
Epictetus was born into slavery. Owned. No rights, no choices, no future he could call his own.
Marcus Aurelius was born into royalty. Became emperor of Rome. The most powerful man on earth.
One had nothing. One had everything.
Both spent their lives writing about the same idea:
The only thing that was ever truly yours was how you responded.
Not your circumstances. Not what people did to you. Not the hand you were dealt.Just that.
Epictetus wrote it from the floor. Marcus wrote it from the throne. Neither of them was writing for us, Epictetus lectured out loud, Marcus wrote privately in a journal he never intended anyone to read.
That's what gets me. These weren't performances.
They were two people, at opposite ends of human experience, quietly arriving at the same truth in the dark.
If it held at both extremes, it might actually be real.
#inspiration
Epictetus was born into slavery. Owned. No rights, no choices, no future he could call his own.
Marcus Aurelius was born into royalty. Became emperor of Rome. The most powerful man on earth.
One had nothing. One had everything.
Both spent their lives writing about the same idea:
The only thing that was ever truly yours was how you responded.
Not your circumstances. Not what people did to you. Not the hand you were dealt.Just that.
Epictetus wrote it from the floor. Marcus wrote it from the throne. Neither of them was writing for us, Epictetus lectured out loud, Marcus wrote privately in a journal he never intended anyone to read.
That's what gets me. These weren't performances.
They were two people, at opposite ends of human experience, quietly arriving at the same truth in the dark.
If it held at both extremes, it might actually be real.
#inspiration
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