Meditations

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius,, Emperor of Rome

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Christopher Gill provides a new translation and commentary on the first half of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and a full introduction to the Meditations as a whole. The Meditations constitute a unique and remarkable work, a reflective diary or notebook by a Roman emperor, that is based on Stoic philosophy but presented in a highly distinctive way. Gill focuses on the philosophical content of the work, especially the question of how far it is consistentwith Stoic theory as we know this from othe…

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  • Full title :Meditations. / Marcus Aurelius ; translated with anintroduction and commentary by Christopher Gill.

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Christopher Gill provides a new translation and commentary on the first half of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and a full introduction to the Meditations as a whole. The Meditations constitute a unique and remarkable work, a reflective diary or notebook by a Roman emperor, that is based on Stoic philosophy but presented in a highly distinctive way. Gill focuses on the philosophical content of the work, especially the question of how far it is consistentwith Stoic theory as we know this from other sources. He argues thatthe Meditations are largely consistent with Stoic theory--more than has bee.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.
  • Edition:First edition

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (308 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0191502421, 9780191502422
  • oclc:on1296130982
  • LC Classification:B580
  • Dewey Decimal:188

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations and Conventions; INTRODUCTION; Overview; The Meditations-Main Features; Is There a Core Project?; Marcus' Ethical Outlook; Confronting Death and Transience; Ethics and Other Branches of Philosophy: Psychology; Ethics and Other Branches of Philosophy: the Universe; INTRODUCTION TO BOOK 1; Note on the Text and Translation; TRANSLATION; Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Book 6; COMMENTARY; Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Book 6; Bibliography; List of Main Themes in Meditations 2-6;Index Locorum; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; L; M; O; P; Q; S; T; V; X.

General IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T;U; V; W; X; Z.

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e-books Ethics ethics (philosophy) Life Livres numériques Metaethics métaéthique Morale stoicism Stoïcisme Stoics vie vitas (biographies)

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Marcus Aurelius,, Emperor of Rome Gill, Christopher

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