This Is Demanded Of You | 5 Stoic Secrets From The Ultimate Man Of Principle (Cato The Younger)

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<p>Seneca tried to teach it to Nero but Nero couldn’t grasp it. To be fair, most leaders, most powerful people, most governments and civilizations struggle with it. In fact, up until Seneca sat down to write <em>De Clementia</em> there wasn’t even a word for what we have, ever since, called <em>clemency.</em></p><p><a href="https://dailystoic.com/try-the-opposite-remedy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Clemency, as Seneca explains it,</a> is basically how a powerful person treats a person they have power over–particularly when the less powerful person has done wrong.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan shares some of the most strongest examples that Cato The Younger set for living like a Stoic.</p><p>📺 You can watch the video at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTM5zBWq60Q" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic YouTube channel</a>.</p><p>📜 Check out the Daily Stoic Leadership Challenge at <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/leadership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dailystoic.com/leadershipchallenge</a>.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>