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Stoic social duty
ConceptIn Marcus’s Stoic outlook, human rationality is connected with duties toward other people.
Explanation or usage
The outlook treats cooperation as part of living according to human nature. Self-command is therefore compatible with social action. The argument is philosophical and should not be presented as a modern empirical law of human behavior.
Common misunderstandings
Stoic self-command requires withdrawing from all concern for others.
In Meditations
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Proposed Book II context: connect the preparation for difficult people with Marcus’s account of human cooperation.