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1 online resource (305 pages). |
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Guides for the Perplexed
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Guides for the perplexed.
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| Contents |
Cover; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Contents; Dedications; Copyright; Title; Series editor; Half-Title; 1. The Man, the Emperor, the Thinker; The Man; Judging a Book by Its Title; The Family and Boyhood of "Truest"; The Philosopher-Prince; The Early Reign; A Stoic at War; Father and Son; The Thinker; 2. The Influence of Heraclitus and Epictetus; Heraclitus; The divine law of logos; Sleeping, waking, remembering; Harmony of opposites; River; Flux, fire, and fortitude; Epictetus; Plato's Socrates as a Stoic hero; Mighty mind and beastly body; Death's door; The theater of life. |
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3. Wholes and PartsSimple Mereology; The Parts of a Person; Cosmic Holism; Death Harmlessly Transforms; Limbs of the Social Body; The Bees and the Hive; What, Then, is the Good of the Individual Citizen?; 4. Time, Transience, and Eternity; The Rushing River of Existence; All that Happens Happened Before; Time Quickly Erases; The Gift of the Present; You Can't Lose What You Don't Have; 5. Virtues, Vices, and Junk; Determine its Nature, Substance, Cause, Purpose, and Duration; Stupid, Paltry, Decaying, Putrid, Filthy, Vile, Contemptible, Worthless Junk; Ashes, Bones, and Smoke. |
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What in Us Should We Prize?The Task of Philosophy; Goodness is Your Job: Perfect Your Character; Justice and Reverence, Injustice and Blasphemy; The Self-cleaning Spring and the All-consuming Fire; What is Owed to Others; Epilogue: The Soul of a Stoic; Appendix: Marcus, Maximus, and Stoicism in Gladiator (2000); Notes; Glossary; Further Reading; Subject Index; Name Index. |
| Summary |
Exploration of the life and philosophical reflections of this complex Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180. Meditations.
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Meditations (Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome) |
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Stoics.
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Stoics. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Stephens, William O. Marcus Aurelius : A Guide for the Perplexed. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2011 9781441108104 |
| ISBN |
9781441146465 (electronic book) |
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1441146466 (electronic book) |
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