Attila gets a bum rap. He was a trained Roman army officer and a thoroughly “civilized” Christian who only invaded the Western Roman Empire after years of disrespect in legions and the repeated displacement of his “people”.
Its not like our ancestors lacked getting advice. After all that is basically the origins of ancient philosophy, advice from intellectual busy bodies on how to live a good life. And they wrote book full of it such as Aristotle’s Ethics, Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, etc…
Studying on a Saturday night?! That doesn’t sound like Peter at all.