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The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121'180) embodied in his person that deeply cherished, ideal figure of antiquity, the philosopher-king. His Meditations are not only one of the most important expressions of the Stoic philosophy of his time but also an enduringly inspiring guide to living a good and just life. Written in moments snatched from military campaigns and the rigors of politics, these ethical and spiritual reflections reveal a mind of exceptional clarity and originality, and a spirit attuned to both the particulars of human destiny and the vast patterns that underlie it. From the Hardcover edition.
Table of Contents
- MEDITATIONS
- MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS THE ROMAN EMPEROR
- BOOKS
- Paragraphs with First Lines
- INTRODUCTION
- HIS FIRST BOOK
- concerning HIMSELF:
- I. Of my grandfather Verus I have learned to be gentle and meek, and to
- II. Of him that brought me up, not to be fondly addicted to either of
- III. Of Diognetus, not to busy myself about vain things, and not easily
- IV. To Rusticus I am beholding, that I first entered into the conceit
- V. From Apollonius, true liberty, and unvariable steadfastness, and not
- VI. Of Sextus, mildness and the pattern of a family governed with
- VII. From Alexander the Grammarian, to be un-reprovable myself, and not
- VIII. Of Fronto, to how much envy and fraud and hypocrisy the state of a
- IX. Of Alexander the Platonic, not often nor without great necessity to
- X. Of Catulus, not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust,
- XI. From my brother Severus, to be kind and loving to all them of my
- XII. From Claudius Maximus, in all things to endeavour to have power
- XIII. In my father, I observed his meekness; his constancy without
- XIV. From the gods I received that I had good grandfathers, and parents,
- XV. In the country of the Quadi at Granua, these. Betimes in the morning
- XVI. Whatsoever I am, is either flesh, or life, or that which we
- XVII. Whatsoever proceeds from the gods immediately, that any man will
- THE SECOND BOOK
- I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how
- II. Let it be thy earnest and incessant care as a Roman and a man to
- III. Do, soul, do; abuse and contemn thyself; yet a while and the time
- IV. Why should any of these things that happen externally, so much
- V. For not observing the state of another man's soul, scarce was ever
- VI. These things thou must always have in mind: What is the nature
- VII. Theophrastus, where he compares sin with sin
- concerning HIMSELF:
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