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	Island of Freedom - Marcus Aurelius
		Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the Emperor of Rome from 161 until his death.
		Marcus Aurelius was educated by the best tutors in Rome and was a devotee of Stoicism.
		As a philosopher Aurelius believed that a divine providence had placed reason in man, and it was in the power of man to be one with the rational purpose of the universe.
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	Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
		Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius is one of the best known philosophic works in history.
		Marcus Aurelius was the Emperor of Rome between 161 and 180 A.D. He is typically regarded as the last of the "Good Emperors".
		The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius have influenced human action for the good and toward the conservative for over 1800 years.
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	Verissimus - Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
		Marcus Annius Verus, known to history as the the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, was born at Rome in the year 121.
		Among the teachers of Marcus Aurelius were Sextus of Chaeronea, a grandson of Plutarch, Junius Rustiscus, to whom he owed his acquaintance with the discourses of Epictetus, and the rhetorician Marcus Cornelius Fronto, with whom between the years of 143 and 161 he carried on a correspondence.
		Before the arrival of Marcus Aurelius, Cassius was assassinated by one of his officers, thereby depriving the emperor "of the pleasure of pardoning him." Marcus Aurelius showed remarkable clemency toward the family and friends of Cassius and is said to have burned his correspondence without reading it.
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	Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
		Marcus Aurelius' philosophy maybe good for us (or at least for society as a whole), and aspects of it certainly may be eminently useful.
		Marcus Aurelius was a good ruler, so his philosophy was of some day-to-day use, but he also seems to have been a somewhat withdrawn intellectual (beating himself up about his intellectuality).
		Marcus Aurelius had some sense of style and presentation, and while some of the exhortations (especially the repeated ones) can be wearing the book is neatly presented.
	www.complete-review.com /reviews/agreek/maurel.htm (1721 words)

	Meditations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meditations is a series of writings by Marcus Aurelius setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.
		Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement.
		Meditations, an online version from Project Gutenburg (text is from The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Meric Casaubon, published 1906-1908.)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meditations (454 words)

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		Marcus was himself comanander-in-chief, and victory was due no less to his own ability than to his wisdom in choice of lieutenants, shown conspicuously in the case of Pertinax.
		Marcus now went to the east, and while there the murderers brought the head of Cassius to him; but the emperor indignantly refused their gift, nor would he admit the men to his presence.
		But although Marcus Aurelius may have held intellectually that his soul was destined to be absorbed, and to lose consciousness of itself, there were times when he felt, as all who hold it must sometimes feel, how unsatisfying is such a creed.
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	Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Marcus may himself be seen as a student of Epictetus, and so some scholars have suggested that the three topoi form a key to understanding the Meditations.
		Indeed, the Meditations may be approached as an example of a form of personal writing in which the very act of writing constituted a philosophical exercise designed to digest the three types of philosophical theory.
		Marcus' personal reflections in the Meditations may be read as a series of written exercises aimed at analyzing his own impressions and rejecting his own unwarranted value judgements.
	www.iep.utm.edu /m/marcus.htm (2793 words)

	Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Collection at Bartleby.com
		Though thou be destined to live three thousand years and as many myriads besides, yet remember that no man loseth other life than that which he liveth, nor liveth other than that which he loseth.
		With his adoptive brother, Lucius Verus, as colleague, Marcus succeeded Antoninus in 161.
		Verus allowed him to dominate, and from 169 Marcus was sole emperor.
	www.bartleby.com /people/MarcusAu.html (182 words)

	The Modern Library \| Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
		Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written.
		Marcus’s insights and advice—on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others—have made the Meditations required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style.
		Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born to an upper-class Roman family in A.D. 121 and was later adopted by the future emperor Antoninus Pius, whom he succeeded in 161.
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	Amazon.com: Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions): Books: Marcus Aurelius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Marcus Aurelius at times sounds more like the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Hesiod, or James Allen than he does his Stoic forerunners: proof once again that true wisdom resides in every man's heart and mind and transcends the boundaries of time, place, ethnicity,and doctrine.
		Marcus, like Buddha, was born in the lap of luxury, but he was destined to hold a position in society for which he was not well suited by virtue of his sensitive and studious nature: the ruler of an ancient and corrupt civilization that dominated most of the known world.
		The titular meditations are bite-sized thoughts written down by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius during his later years, as he reflected on his past while campaigning in the north.
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		Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote his famousMeditations during his grueling campaigns against the warmongering barbarians (A.D. Adopted by his grandfather when his well-born parents died young, Aurelius led a privileged youth that included an education by several personal tutors, one of whom happened to be his uncle, Emperor Aurelius Antoninus.
		In 161, upon the death of Antoninus, Marcus and his cousin Lucius Verus became joint-Emperors of the Roman Empire.
		Marcus Aurelius was a contemplative and good man whose sense of duty and honor set an example for the ages that have followed.
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	Philosophy- Squashed Marcus Aurelius - Meditations - Condensed Abridged
		True, Spinoza was a lens-grinder and Mill an exports clerk, but Marcus Aurelius was emperor of Rome and ruler of his world.
		His 'Meditations' are a collections of his notes on the philosophy of Stoicism which was so much favoured by the Roman elite.
		Founded by Zeno, who taught in the Stoa Poikile (Painted Colonnades) of 3rd century BC Cyprus it held an intense reverence for the cosmic order, a devotion to rule, a view that free-will and determinism were not incompatible, and an acceptance that all religions have a common goal.
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	The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Explicating Marcus Aurelius' Meditation XII, 3, Pierre Hadot (1998, 114-15) circumscribes what is "in one's power".
		Reflecting on all this, consider nothing to be great, except to act as thy nature leads thee, and to endure that which the common nature brings (XII, 32, 3).
		The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
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	Marcus Aurelius: The Meditations
		The emperor Marcus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus who reigned from 161-160 was the only Roman emperor besides Julius Caesar whose writings were to become part of the canon of Western classics.
		Aurelius was also a social reformer who worked for the improvement of the lot of the poor, slaves, and convicted criminals.
		Aurelius was not an original or brilliant thinker, but his
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	Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. 1909-14. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. The Harvard Classics
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Nonfiction > Harvard Classics > Marcus Aurelius > The Meditations
		For we are made for co-operation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of the upper and lower teeth.
		Aurelius Antoninus, by George Long, M. The Philosophy of Antoninus, by George Long, M. Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
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	Verissimus - Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
		He was probably a descendant of a more infamous traitor, Caius Cassius Longinus, who lead the conspiracy for the successful assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.
		Later embraced in Rome notably by Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius.
		Only by putting aside passion, unjust thoughts, and indulgence and by performing duty with the right disposition can people attain true freedom and rule as lords over their own lives.
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	Ancient History Sourcebook: Marcus Aurelius Antonius: Meditations, 167 CE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Meditations, 167 CE Marcus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus, was born in 121, was adopted by the emperor Antoninus Pius and succeeded him in 161, (as joint emperor with adoptive brother Lucius Verus).
		He spent much of his reign in putting down variou rebellions, and was a persecutor of Christians.
		His fame rest, above all, on his Meditations, a series of reflections, strongly influenced by Epictetus, which represent a Stoic outlook on life.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/marcuaurelius1.html (17048 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
		The Meditations has been divided into the following sections:
		Commentary: Quite a few comments have been posted about The Meditations.
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	classics.mit.edu /Antoninus/meditations.html (31 words)

	Amazon.com: Meditations (Modern Library Classics): Books: Marcus Aurelius,Gregory Hays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		by Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays (Translator) "Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceived of doing it..." (more)
		Marcus Aurelius And His Times, Walter Black (Price: $7.00)
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	eBooks.com - The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius eBook
		The study of philosophy and other scholarly pursuits were the things that Marcus Aurelius loved most of all, but it was his lot, as emperor of Rome between 161 and 180 A.D., to spend most of his reign fighting barbarians far from home.
		The hardships of living in an army camp did not stop him from writing, though.
		His Meditations have survived and are popular amongst those who study the Stoic philosophers.
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		by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome; Meric Casaubon
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		The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by George Long, read by Christopher Nissley
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	Marcus Aurelius
		Estimated Range of Dating: 167-167 C.E. Chronological List
		Book Review of The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
		Marcus Aurelius was both a Stoic philosopher and an emperor.
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