Meditations |
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Translator:
| Casaubon, Meric |
Author:
| Aurelius, Marcus |
ISBN: | 979-8-4520-7737-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2021 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.99 |
Book Description:
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana (27 BC to 180 AD), an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire.
Meditations are a significant source of the modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy. They have been praised by...
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana (27 BC to 180 AD), an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire.
Meditations are a significant source of the modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy. They have been praised by fellow writers, philosophers, monarchs, and politicians centuries after his death.
The book includes:
- a biography of the author