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Marcus Aurelius (0121–0180)

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Born in Rome, in 121, Marcus Aurelius was one of the most respected emperors in Roman history. When he was 17, Aurelius was adopted by emperor Antonius Pius and succeeded him in A.D. 161. He ruled jointly with his adoptive brother, Lucius Verus, until 169, when he became sole emperor after Verus vis mere died. Although Aurelius was a humanitarian ruler, he accepted the view that Christians were the enemies of Rome. Aurelius was dovoted to the Stoic philosophy. Meditations, his spiritual reflections, is considered a classic work of stoicism. Written in Greek, the work comprises of twelve books and records his innermost thoughts. Meditations is his only surviving work. Aurelius died in 180 while prosecuting war against the Marcomanni who lived along the northern limits of the Roman Empire. After his death Aurelius was idealized as the perfect emperor whose reign contrasted sharply with the disastrous period before him and the reigns that followed. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Marcus Aurelius

Meditations [abridged] (1995) 277 eksemplarer
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2 (2020) — Bidragyder — 70 eksemplarer
Marcus Aurelius in Love (2007) 28 eksemplarer
Kendime Düsünceler (2005) 26 eksemplarer
Pensées pour moi-même 18 eksemplarer
Contro le lusinghe del mondo (2009) 7 eksemplarer
Iseendale (2021) 7 eksemplarer
Meditations : Enchiridion (1970) 6 eksemplarer
La libertà interiore (2007) 6 eksemplarer
Självbetraktelser (2021) 5 eksemplarer
Pensées - Livres VII-XII (2007) 5 eksemplarer
Meditaciones (2020) 5 eksemplarer
L'arte di conoscere se stessi (2012) 4 eksemplarer
Apology/Crito/Phaedo 4 eksemplarer
Gânduri către sine însuşi (2011) 4 eksemplarer
Meditations. Books 1-6 (2013) 3 eksemplarer
A sí mismo (2007) 3 eksemplarer
Ad se ipsum libri XII (2012) 2 eksemplarer
In semet ipsum 2 eksemplarer
Meditations Made Simple (2018) 2 eksemplarer
La sabiduria de marco aurelio (1994) 2 eksemplarer
LOS DOCE LIBROS 2 eksemplarer
apanta 1 / άπαντα 1 (2006) 2 eksemplarer
Til meg selv (2021) 2 eksemplarer
Pensées: Livres II à IV (2008) 2 eksemplarer
Epistole 1 eksemplar
Poemas do Rio Azul (2012) 1 eksemplar
O Guia do Imperador 1 eksemplar
À soi-même: Pensées (2022) 1 eksemplar
Pensées à moi-même (2023) 1 eksemplar
Pensées: Livres VII-XII (2016) 1 eksemplar
Samomu sebi (2001) 1 eksemplar
Epictet 1 eksemplar
Suy Tưởng 1 eksemplar
Pensieri 1 eksemplar
Thought Through the Centuries (2022) 1 eksemplar
Ricordi 1 eksemplar
Samom sebi 1 eksemplar
التأملات 1 eksemplar
Moralistas griegos 1 eksemplar
Chen si lu (2009) 1 eksemplar
Selbstbetrachtung 1 eksemplar
Pensées pour soi (2018) 1 eksemplar
Selbsbetrachtungen. 1 eksemplar
Los estoicos 1 eksemplar
Las Virtudes De La Buena Gente (2015) 1 eksemplar
Mark Aurels Meditationen (2016) 1 eksemplar
Selbstbetrachtungen 1 eksemplar

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Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus
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Hadrian's Mausoleum
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Roman Empire
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Italy
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Rome
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Vindobona or Sermium
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The translation was less elegant than its english counterpart found on Gutenberg.org. Nevertheless the introductory notes were insightful and interesting. It was also funny to see how Aurelius' philosophy is quite similar to buddhist philosophy and psychology.
 
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jd7h | 147 andre anmeldelser | Feb 18, 2024 |
I've read "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius sometime in the Autumn of 2007 after returning to Aberystwyth, Wales from my travels. Given that since June 2007 I was in a deep psychotic state, and just returned from a trans-siberian journey to Mongolia, I wanted to order my embattled mind. Voices, second sight, psychological torment. I was barely capable of reading and making sense of what I read back in the days, after psychoses erupted. Aurelian stoicism helped me cope with this hell, the amusing part is that I got a yellow piece of paper on which I wrote "stoicism applied" and stuck it to my forehead and then paraded through the streets of Aberystwyth raising some interest and mockery throughout. Years later, in 2016 I was suddenly reminded of this reading, I saw a Thyrsus and a Caduceus in the night-sky of Częstochowa, where I visited my then-girlfriend and mistress. The kitchen of that flat was flooded with divine light, and the spirit incarnated into me, as I felt divine pride, great celestial intellect and a commanding paternal tone in a voiceless, silent language. I silently thanked for the consolation that book brought to me in 2007. Then I approached my girl who was sitting next to her laptop and said: "He visited us", she asked: "Whom?", I said "The Emperor visited us". She said: "I'm busy, don't trouble me right now" and went on watching on her youtube videos. Aurelion Therion, the Beast of Solar God was a Pater Patrum in Saturnine rank, a Drakon, and a Pontifex, Julian the Theurgist was a soldier and a magician in his army on Marcomannian campaigns. "Memento Mori" - a phrase coined by him, I might add - "Invictii Genii".… (mere)
 
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Saturnin.Ksawery | 147 andre anmeldelser | Jan 12, 2024 |
Didn't finish the whole thing for various reason but got the idea from the first few books. Mostly just repeating basic ideas about right living that are never specified, how people shouldn't complain about their lives because it's right that they're where they are. It was philosophy of acceptance but without any details that made it interesting and with nothing to say to someone who's in a crappy place. Just dull, repetitive and doesn't say anything interesting.
 
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tombomp | 147 andre anmeldelser | Oct 31, 2023 |
A man once told me that philosophy is where good thinking and good writing goes to die. And for about 95% of all philosophy books I have read, he is correct. This however falls into that 5% that actually has something to contribute. Recommended.
 
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everettroberts | 147 andre anmeldelser | Oct 20, 2023 |

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17,975
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ISBN
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