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"The Stoics were some of the keenest admirers of human greatness. Marcus Aurelius opens his Meditations with seventeen entries\\u2014nearly ten percent of the book\\u2014reflecting upon the various influential individuals in his life. Nearly every other page thereafter has at least one quote or one story or one mention of a story about his heroes: Socrates, Plato, Epictetus, Hadrian, Augustus, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Diogenes\\u2014'When you need encouragement,' he wrote, explaining this practice, 'think of the qualities the people around you have.'"

Learn about the importance of reflecting on the best of those who came before us, on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.

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