6 - Rule the Sparta you got (Tranquillity Part 2)

from Cost of Glory · host Alex Petkas

Plutarch in On Tranquillity of Mind discusses a way to use the famous phrase Know Thyself.Some Figures mentioned:SertoriusEumenes, Philip II of MacedonAlexander the GreatDionysius I, Tyrant of SyracusePhiloxenus the PoetPindarEmpedoclesPlatoDemocritusIsmenias, wealthy citizen of ThebesEpaminondas, Theban generalEuripidesQuotes:"Know Thyself""Rule the Sparta you got"

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