r/StoicMemes 5d ago

Who's gonna tell him?

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u/CalgacusLelantos 4d ago

To be fair, intelligent ≠ wise and unintelligent ≠ foolish. With that in mind, his assessment of his children as having not been born “stupid” could be entirely justified.

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u/ZephRyder 4d ago

"Stupid" and "cruel" are also not synonyms. Commodus was reportedly an awful human to other humans

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u/CalgacusLelantos 4d ago

Apologies, I wasn’t aware that the reported cruelty of Commodus was in question.

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u/ZephRyder 4d ago

No apologies necessary, though it is sad that in this day and age, every virtual comment is seen as some challenge, by default. I'm sure Commodus would be pleased.

Perhaps I should champion beginning every additive response with, "to add to this..."