Marcus Aurelius, Meditations / Loeb Classical Library

Loeb Classical Library 58, Marcus Aurelius Antonius, The Communings with himself, together with his speeches and sayings. In one volume. Translated by C. R. Haines.
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  • Condition / Etat: good, dust jacket with minor shelf wear, / bon état, minimes traces d'usures.
  • Volumes : 1 volume.
  • Binding / Reliure : original green titled cloth with fine dust jacket, cartonné avec jaquette.
  • Format : In-16 / 17 x 11 cm.
  • Pages : XXXII, 415, 8 pp.
  • Editor : Cambridge, Harvard University Press / London, Heinemann.
  • Date : 1987.
  • Language / Langue: Ancient Grec and English on opposite pages / Bilingue grec et anglais.

    Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his guardian and uncle emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138–161), who adopted him. He was converted to Stoicism and henceforward studied and practised philosophy and law. A gentle man, he lived in agreement and collaboration with Antoninus Pius. He married Pius’s daughter and succeeded him as emperor in March 161, sharing some of the burdens with Lucius Verus.
    Marcus’s reign soon saw fearful national disasters from flood, earthquakes, epidemics, threatened revolt (in Britain), a Parthian war, and pressure of barbarians north of the Alps. From 169 onwards he had to struggle hard against the German Quadi, Marcomani, Vandals, and others until success came in 174. In 175 (when Faustina died) he pacified affairs in Asia after a revolt by Avidius. War with Germans was renewed during which he caught some disease and died by the Danube in March 180.
    The famous Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (not his title; he simply calls them “The matters addressed to himself”) represents reflections written in periods of solitude during the emperor’s military campaigns. Originally intended for his private guidance and self-admonition, the Meditations has endured as a potent expression of Stoic belief. It is a central text for students of Stoicism as well as a unique personal guide to the moral life.

    The Loeb Classical Library® is the only existing series of books which, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church fathers who made particular use of pagan culture—in short, our entire classical heritage is represented here in convenient and well-printed pocket volumes in which an up-to-date text and accurate and literate English translation face each other page by page. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes and selective bibliographies.
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Sprache Vereinigtes Königreich
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Publicaton Date 01.01.1987
Jahr 1987
Autor / Kartograph / Fotograf Marcus Aurelius
Editor Harvard University Press
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