The second-century A.D. world of Emperor Marcus Aurelius was in shambles. A great plague ravaged western Europe, as he embarked on a long and bloody war against the Germanic tribes along the Danube ...
In the middle of the second century CE, the most powerful man in the Western world sat in the legionary fortress of Carnuntum, by the River Danube, contemplating the fact that one day nobody would ...
Matthew Sharpe works for Deakin University. He has in the past received Australian Research Council moneys for research on the history of the idea of philosophy as a way of life. Marcus Aurelius was ...
Consider the fortunes of Marcus Aurelius, ruler of Rome from A.D. 161 to 180 and follower of the Stoic ethical creed. He never meant to be a published author; the thoughts he set down, in Greek, were ...
After the three Flavian emperors—Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian—came the “Five Good Emperors” of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and our man Marcus Aurelius (d. 180 ...
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a timeless collection of philosophical reflections written during his reign as a Roman emperor. Rooted in stoic thought, the book offers practical wisdom for ...
Written at the fortress of Carnuntum: Our lifetime is dwindling every day, and we constantly have less left. There’s that, and then there’s this: even if someone does live for a long time, nobody ...
One of the great tragedies of the modern world of education is its abandonment of the classics, the writings of the ancient Greek and Roman authors. Our modern curriculum is obsessed with the ...
In the middle of the second century CE, the most powerful man in the Western world sat in the legionary fortress of Carnuntum, by the River Danube, contemplating the fact that one day nobody would ...
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