"From Rusticus . . . I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a lot to say about something."
~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 1.7.3
From Book I of the Meditations, which begins with a "gratitude journal" of sorts - a listing of people to whom Marcus Aurelius was grateful for various lessons. From his teacher Quintus Iunius Rusticus, he learned to push for a deep understanding of all that he read and studied . . .
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