What History Will Remember

American philosopher Brand Blanshard [would write](https://el2.convertkit-mail.com/c/wvu3vllv8cghkv759/dpheh0/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hem9uLmNvbS9Gb3VyLVJlYXNvbmFibGUtTWVuLUF1cmVsaXVzLVNpZGd3aWNrL2RwLzA4MTk1NjEwMjk=) this wonderful passage about [Marcus Aurelius](https://el2.convertkit-mail.com/c/wvu3vllv8cghkv759/e5uph7/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL01hcmN1cy1BdXJlbGl1cw==) and in it so eloquently captures why we study him [and his *Meditations*](https://el2.convertkit-mail.com/c/wvu3vllv8cghkv759/78i7h8/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL3N0b2ljLXJlYWRpbmctbGlzdC8=) here at DailyStoic.com:

[Epictetus](https://el2.convertkit-mail.com/c/wvu3vllv8cghkv759/opfkhq/aHR0cDovL2RhaWx5c3RvaWMuY29tL0VwaWN0ZXR1cw==)—a man who endured unimaginable suffering as a slave, as an exile but was strong and hopeful)