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minus-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoCounterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoBy all the accounts I’ve read, he was a pretty exceptional person. “Exceptional” in the sense that there are very few people like him, especially in positions of power.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoExactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.
minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWas Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?
Counterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
By all the accounts I’ve read, he was a pretty exceptional person. “Exceptional” in the sense that there are very few people like him, especially in positions of power.
Exactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.
Was Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?