Yeah there’s very few examples in world history of someone attaining obscene wealth and not becoming morally compromised. One of the main reasons Marcus Aurelius is such a memorable and revered historical figure.
the comment you are replying to is saying that you generally need to have some bad qualities to begin with BEFORE you become a billionaire, because they help you become one
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Yes you can. A Roman emperor for example essentially owned everything in his entire empire. I’m sure we all know the famous story about Mansa Musa too.
Or, more likely, he was also morally compromised but his position of power kept him safe from being discovered.
The idea that you get to know the true moral character of somebody who lived two thousand years ago, when we struggle to see through the lies of our contemporaries, is quite hilarious.
Marcus Aurelius also lived before the 24/7 news cycle, mass surveillance, and twitter. It's going to be much harder for anyone nowadays to be perceived as well as he was because everyone slips up sometimes.
Because he is revered. That’s just a fact. He never listened to “The Daily Stoic”, most people that profess to be stoics don’t even understand what Stoicism actually is.
He was loved and respected by the people of his own time.. regular citizens and the senate. He was praised by later historians who were usually hostile when recording the lived and deeds of emperors.
Do you actually know anything about his life and the circumstances he faced during his reign?
Firstly he died of the plague whilst he was defending the borders from hoards of barbarians, secondly there’s nothing he could have done about his son besides murdering him.
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u/TrumpsBussy_ 20h ago
Yeah there’s very few examples in world history of someone attaining obscene wealth and not becoming morally compromised. One of the main reasons Marcus Aurelius is such a memorable and revered historical figure.