“How does your ruling reason manage itself? For in that is the key to everything. Whatever else remains, be it in the power of your choice or not, is but a corpse and smoke.”
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 12.33
March 26, 2021 7:00 AM
What are the influences for our ruling reason? That is what Marcus Aurelius is asking himself.
Yesterday Epictetus reminded us that philosophy requires life experience. Today Marcus Aurelius reminds us to desire knowledge and truth.
Conclusion
Understanding our ruling reason is important and understanding who is pushing the knowledge is important too.