Categories Selected Articles Watching his performance was pure joy: Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 winner recounts moment he photographed a playful gorilla Post author By Mike Nova Post date December 9, 2025 Keen amateur photographer scoops top prize at the Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025, picked out from over 10,000 entries. ← What were Nebraska residents searching for in 2025? Here’s what Google says → #Stoicism #philosophy #MarcusAurelius Stoicism is often called the “philosophy of emperors” largely due to one man: MarcusAurelius, the Roman Emperor who ruled from 161 to 180 AD.1 He famously penned Meditations not as a book for publication, but as a private journal to himself—a tool to keep his sanity intact while ruling the known world.2 However, the philosophy’s power lies in a fascinating paradox: it was championed by both the most powerful man in the world (Marcus Aurelius) and a crippled former slave (Epictetus).3 This range proves its central claim—that inner freedom is accessible to anyone, regardless of their external chains or crowns. Here is an analysis of Stoicism as the operati