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Meditations (Koinē Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, romanized: Ta eis heauton, lit. ''Things Unto Himself'') is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161-180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.
Farquharson worked on the translation of Meditations of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius for many years. [5] The edition was of two volumes. First volume contained translation and Greek text on opposite pages, and the second one was a lengthy commentaries on the text. [6] The book was published during the World War II, after Farquharson's ...
1800 years after his death, Marcus Aurelius is still being read and misunderstood. ... Why We Still Read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. Donald J. Robertson. March 5, 2024 at 6:02 PM.
As translator: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman Emperor, his Meditations Concerning Himself (1634, 1673) [12] [13] A treatise of use and custome (1638) De quatuor linguis commentationis, pars prior: quae, de lingua Hebraica: et, de lingua Saxonica (1650) A Treatise Concerning Enthusiasme (London: Thomas Johnson, 1655).
Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek [1] as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. [2] It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180.
In his Meditations, Marcus speaks of Sextus in glowing terms, and we discover the type of education he received from Sextus: My debts to Sextus include kindliness, how to rule a household with paternal authority, the real meaning of the Natural Life, an unselfconscious dignity, an intuitive concern for the interests of one's friends, and a good ...
Examples of meditations are: Thomas Traherne's Centuries of Meditations; T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets; Meditations a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy; Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes
The major sources depicting the life and rule of Marcus Aurelius are patchy and frequently unreliable. The most important group of sources, the biographies contained in the Historia Augusta, claimed to be written by a group of authors at the turn of the 4th century AD, but it is believed they were in fact written by a single author (referred to here as 'the biographer') from about 395. [4]
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