https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/b0946e66-ff80-4d1a-b4d9-16ea6bddb8be Breht listens to, reflects on, and critically engages with a public lecture by the late philosopher Michael Sugrue titled Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: The Stoic Ideal. He discusses the philosophy of Stoicism, its insights as well as its limitations, its commodification and bastardization under late capitalism, the dialectical inversion of the philosophy of a Roman Emperor for proletarian revolutionaries, Virtue Ethics, Mahayana Buddhism and The Four Brahmaviharas, the importance of courage and discipline and responsibility, Momento Mori, the Cardinal Virtues, equipping ourselves mentally and emotionally for a lifetime of class struggle, seeking the balance of the Middle Path, Marxist Dialectics, and much more! Professor Sugrue passed away last year, and Breht has always found his free, public lectures on philosophy to be helpful and really well done. In the spirit of free and open access to education, Breht offers his knowledge of philosophy alongside this offering by Professor Sugrue. The use of this lecture series falls under the protections of the Fair Use doctrine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auuk1y4DRgk&ab_channel=MichaelSugrue Outro Music: "Lilac Wine" by Nina Simone SUPPORT SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-omahas-socialist-night-school?qid=4ba49bb6351ea7b8638e5d8ea3c4f851 Check out all our other Philosophy Series episodes: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=philosophy+series Support Rev Left and get access to bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Make a one-time donation to Rev Left at BuyMeACoffee.com/revleftradio Follow RLR on IG: https://www.instagram.com/rev_left_radio_official/ Learn more about Rev Left: https://revleftradio.com/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:49:27 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/b0946e66-ff80-4d1a-b4d9-16ea6bddb8be All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.