The Highest Good- An Introduction to the Four Stoic Virtues
What are we supposed to be aiming for in this life?
“The man who has virtue is in need of nothing whatever for the purpose of living well.”- Cicero
What is the highest good- the thing we’re supposed to be aiming for in this life? And the one making everything in it better?
Marcus Aurelius, ruler of the Roman world, once set himself that test. In his private notebook, he asked whether there was anything in human life better than justice, truthfulness, self-control, and courage. If he found it, he would turn toward it and enjoy it with his whole being. He considered praise, power, wealth and pleasure, and he found...