Meditations: Marcus Aurelius (Penguin Classics)

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A series of reflections, strongly influenced by Epictetus, which represent a Stoic outlook on life. It offers a range of fascinating spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Editor(s): Hammond, Martin. Translator(s): Hammond, Martin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRAB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226. 2006. Annotated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780140449334

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Marcus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus, 121-180. was adopted by the emperor Antoninus Pius and succeeded him in 161, (as joint emperor with adoptive brother Lucius Verus). He ruled alone from 169. He spent much of his reign in putting down variou rebellions, and was a persecutor of Christians. His fame rest, above all, on his Meditations, a series of reflections, strongly influenced by Epictetus, which represent a Stoic outlook on life. He died in 180 and was succeed by his natural son, thus ending the period of the adoptive emperors.


Diskin Clay is Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University and has published widely in the area of Ancient Greek Philosophy.

Martin Hammond is Head Master of Tonbridge School and has translated Homer's Iliad for Penguin Classics.