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Meditations: with selected correspondence
Marcus Aurelius
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Description for Meditations: with selected correspondence
Paperback. Marcus Aurelius' Meditations is a private notebook of philosophical reflections with universal significance. Drawing on Stoic philosophy, Marcus confronts challenges that affect us all in our struggle to live meaningful lives. This edition includes a selection of Marcus' correspondence with his tutor Fronto which complements the Meditations. Translator(s): Hard, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; HBLA1; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
'Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to live ... while you have life in you, while you still can, make yourself good.' The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is a private notebook of philosophical reflections, written by a Roman emperor probably on military campaign in Germany. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront challenges that he felt acutely, but which are also shared by all human beings - the looming presence of death, making sense of one's social role and projects, the moral significance of the universe. They ... Read more
'Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to live ... while you have life in you, while you still can, make yourself good.' The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is a private notebook of philosophical reflections, written by a Roman emperor probably on military campaign in Germany. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront challenges that he felt acutely, but which are also shared by all human beings - the looming presence of death, making sense of one's social role and projects, the moral significance of the universe. They ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199573202
SKU
V9780199573202
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About Marcus Aurelius
Robin Hard has previously collaborated with Christopher Gill on a Wordsworth edition of Marcus Aurelius and an Everyman edition of Epictetus. For Oxford World's Classics he has edited and translated Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology. Christopher Gill has translated Plato's Symposium with an introduction and notes for Penguin Classics and is the author of Personality in Greek Epic, Tragedy ... Read more
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