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Marcus Aurelius
121-180
Roman emperor and philosopher who extended the knowledge of the Middle East and the area along Rome's northern frontier through defensive and offensive military campaign...
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus(121–180 Ce)
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus may have wielded more political power than any other person to have an entry in this encyclopedia. Born into a prominent Roman fa...
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The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180) was a convinced Stoic philosopher, and at his accession there was widespread rejoicing that at last Plato's dream of a philosopher-king had become...
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In the following excerpt, Long discusses Aurelius's personal history, the status of Christians in his time, and his philosophical ideas.
M. Antoninus was born at Rome a.d. 121, on the 26th of A...
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In the following excerpt, Sedgwick explores two contemporary admonishments directed at Aurelius and explains the reasons why Christians were generally held in low esteem by Romans.
In this chapter I s...
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In the following excerpt, Blanshard analyzes Aurelius's Stoic philosophy and discusses problems with its ways of dealing with emotion, pain, death, and pleasure.
… the Stoic War on Emoti...
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In the following essay, Segal reviews Marcus Aurelius: A Biography, by Anthony Birley, also commenting on Aurelius's life and times.
It was a golden age. Gibbon regarded it as the time when &#x...
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In the following essay, Perkins contends that Aurelius's obsession with suffering and death indicates that he never gained the self-mastery he sought.
The early Roman Empire provides little evi...
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In the following excerpt, Francis contends that Aurelius's practice of asceticism was cerebral and notably unconcerned with the physical.
In the second century, asceticism ascended to the very ...
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In the following excerpt, Hadot discusses the history of Aurelius's manuscript, the difficulties of assigning it to a particular genre, and the qualities Aurelius assigns to his ideal man.
The ...
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Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180 Ce)
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Critical Essay by George Long
