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The author briefly mentioned his book Sister, Caesar and Sister, which features a Stoic named Rutilius Rufus who was falsely accused of corruption and chose not to defend himself against the charges, showcasing a potential strategic error.
There's a stoic named Rutilius Rufus who's brought up on these. He's a contemporary of Julius Caesar. I talk, Caesar and Sister, I talk about him in Lives of the Stoics.
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The author briefly mentioned his book Sister, Caesar and Sister, which features a Stoic named Rutilius Rufus who was falsely accused of corruption and chose not to defend himself against the charges, showcasing a potential strategic error.
There's a stoic named Rutilius Rufus who's brought up on these. He's a contemporary of Julius Caesar. I talk, Caesar and Sister, I talk about him in Lives of the Stoics.
He is brought up on these fake corruption charges for which he's not guilty.
And he believes that his duty as a stoic is to not even defend himself.
He just sort of quietly is margured.
He doesn't utter a sentence in his defense.