Stoicism 1, 2, 3, 4: A Memory Aid for Meditation

Bringing them the plague
3 min readMar 1, 2022

Stoic meditation is about memorizing Stoic teachings deeply, which you can call upon facing adversities. As Marcus Aurelius says:

Continually, therefore, grant yourself this retreat and repair yourself. But let them be brief and fundamental truths, which will suffice at once by their presence to wash away all sorrow, and to send you back without repugnance to the life to which you return…

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