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Ep. 14: Cato's Shadow (Via Seneca)
Julian examines why Roman Stoics kept returning to the example of Cato at Utica and explores what that idealization cost.
Source: Moral Letters to Lucilius, tr. Richard M. Gummere (Wikisource), https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_70
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Moral letters to Lucilius/Letter 70 - Wikisource, the free online library: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_70
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