Though it's questionable whether Dad was thinking more of Marcus Brutus — nickname he used for me most often — or Marcus Aurelius — second most — I lean toward the latter. From Shakespeare ...

Thinking critically opens us up to opportunity and innovation. With critical thinking, the world is your oyster. In The Meditations, Marcus Aurelius pronounces, “How much time he gains who does not ...

Previous figures in history who have pronounced on the condition include Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a philosopher from a Stoic school that emphasised positive thinking.