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Bookmark or Share- Marcus Aurelius - Biography, Meditations & Death | HISTORYKnown for his philosophical interests, Marcus Aurelius was one of the most respected emperors in Roman history. His greatest intellectual interest was Stoicism, a philosophy that emphasized...
- Marcus Aurelius - World History EncyclopediaMarcus Aurelius (r. 161 to 180 CE) was a Roman emperor best known as the last of the Five Good Emperors of Rome (following Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius) and as the author of the philosophical work Meditations. Although it has been claimed he instigated a persecution of Christians, modern scholarship argues against this.
- Marcus Aurelius - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy1. Life and Works. 1.1 The Character of the Meditations. 2.Living Stoically. 2.1 The Deliberative Content Problem: The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent. 3. Justice: Acting for the Sake of the Cosmopolis. 4. Piety: Welcoming What Happens as Part of the Whole. 4.1 Providence or Atoms? 4.2 Erase Impressions. 5. Conclusion. Bibliography.
- What did Marcus Aurelius believe? 'Meditations' has the answers.November 16, 2023. • 15 min read. 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...
- Marcus Aurelius: Biography, Emperor of Rome, MeditationsAs Emperor of Rome from 161-180, Marcus Aurelius kept the empire safe from the Parthians and Germans but is best known for his intellectual pursuits. Updated: Aug 9, 2023.
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