Meditations (non-fiction classics) [electronic book] : Marcus Aurelius.
By: Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome [author].
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Hero, [2021]Description: online text ([87] pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781800319721 (paperback); 9781800319714 (e-Book).Subject(s): Stoics -- Early works to 1800DDC classification: 188 Online resources: e-BookItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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e-BOOK | MTU Bishopstown Library eBook | 188 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | MTU Cork Module OCCH8001-Supplementary reading. |
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Part of the Hero Classics series
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
A collection of personal writings covering an array of topics. Marcus delves into spiritual reflections and exercises, which he developed as a leader, in his struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. The book cover such diverse topics as the question of virtue, human rationality, the nature of the gods and Aurelius's own emotions such as doubt, despair and exaltation.
The Hero Classics series:
Meditations
The Prophet
A Room of One's Own
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The Art of War
The Life of Charlotte Bronte
The Republic
The Prince
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Utopia
Translated from the Ancient Greek.
MTU Cork Module OCCH8001- Supplementary reading.
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Aurelius's musings on man's duty to himself, his family, and others comprise one of the great works of Stoic philosophy and have remained influential since their initial publication some 500 years ago (they are a favorite of former President Clinton's). Author/narrator Duncan Steen reads this relatively short revision of George Long's 1862 translation in a manner befitting the author and subject matter: dispassionately, but not monotonously, always in control of his emotions. Steen's pacing and intonation allow the philosopher/emperor's thoughts on life and how to live it to speak for themselves. All libraries should consider.-Michael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll. Lib., Lynchburg (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Author notes provided by Syndetics
Born in Rome, in 121, Marcus Aurelius was one of the most respected emperors in Roman history. When he was 17, Aurelius was adopted by emperor Antonius Pius and succeeded him in A.D. 161. He ruled jointly with his adoptive brother, Lucius Verus, until 169, when he became sole emperor after Verus died. Although Aurelius was a humanitarian ruler, he accepted the view that Christians were the enemies of Rome.Aurelius was dovoted to the Stoic philosophy. Meditations, his spiritual reflections, is considered a classic work of stoicism. Written in Greek, the work comprises of twelve books and records his innermost thoughts. Meditations is his only surviving work.
Aurelius died in 180 while prosecuting war against the Marcomanni who lived along the northern limits of the Roman Empire. After his death Aurelius was idealized as the perfect emperor whose reign contrasted sharply with the disastrous period before him and the reigns that followed.
(Bowker Author Biography)