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Marcus Aurelius and the Greek Doctors Who Shaped His Stoicism
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known but profound influence on Marcus Aurelius: the Greek physicians and medical philosophers who shaped his Stoic worldview. Beyond the battlefield and the imperial court, the emperor corresponded with and learned from doctors like Galen — who served as his personal physician during the Antonine Plague — and earlier Hippocratic thinkers whose ideas about nature, fate, and the body's harmony resonated with Stoic ethics. We look at how Marcus's Meditations echo medical metaphors, how his famous phrase 'life is…
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