We Have To Try Harder To Get There

<p>&quot;It’s not that our ancestors didn’t know what was right, it was that they had trouble fully getting there. </p><p>In the opening pages <a href='https://dailystoic.com/meditations-marcus-aurelius/?utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=convertkit&amp;utm_campaign=try-harder-to-get-there'>of <em>Meditations</em></a>, Marcus Aurelius describes how the early Stoics like Thrasea, Helvidius, <a href='https://dailystoic.com/cato/?utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=convertkit&amp;utm_campaign=try-harder-to-get-there'>and Cato</a> inspired him to believe in a &apos;society of equal laws, governed by equality of status and of speech, and of rules who respect the liberty of their subjects above all else.&apos; </p><p>Nothing is more important or just than that, <a href='https://dailystoic.com/marcus-aurelius/?utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=convertkit&amp;utm_campaign=try-harder-to-get-there'>Marcus believed</a>. And yet he ruled a Rome that could not have been further from it in many ways.&quot;<br/><br/>Find out more about how we need to work to live up to the promises of our forebears in today&apos;s Daily Stoic Podcast.<br/><br/>***</p><p>If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.</p><p>Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href='http://dailystoic.com/signup'>http://DailyStoic.com/signup</a></p><p>Follow @DailyStoic:</p><p>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/ryanholiday'>https://twitter.com/ryanholiday</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/'>https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href='http://facebook.com/ryanholiday'>http://facebook.com/ryanholiday</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic'>https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic</a></p>