Author of Meditations, cited as one of the dead you speak with when you read.
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love has no dark sideTamir suggests his Meditations as an example of a book Sheela might have picked up outside Osho's teachings; she says her main influence was her own character.
merchant of masksExtremist influencers constantly quote him and Aristotle. Tamir describes such quotes as 'batteries' that power an idea: if all your batteries look legitimate, people assume you are too.
don't pretend you aren't confusedCited as the classic source on dealing with circumstance; Tamir argues Stoicism can handle triumph and disaster but not the 'what the f***' of an enigma. Tamir gave his father a Hebrew translation of the Meditations.
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- Borrowed wisdom as a battery
Classical quotes work as batteries that power whatever idea they are plugged into. Influencers must then cross a line to set themselves apart from the thousands of others quoting Marcus…
- Dad already knew Marcus Aurelius
Tamir gave his father a Hebrew translation of the Meditations. After a couple of chapters his dad said, 'I already know all of this', and when asked if he liked it, 'I don't know, it's…