Founder of Stoicism, who in the traditional story was told by the oracle to 'take on the complexion of the dead', which he read as studying ancient authors. Tamir tells the story via Ryan Holiday but can't recall which philosopher it was (he guesses Socrates).
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- Ryan Holiday on the Oracle
Tamir happened to be studying the Oracle of Delphi when Ryan Holiday spoke in Vancouver and told how a philosopher asked the Oracle for the best source of wisdom and was told 'the dead'…