Marcus Aurelius, emperor of Roman empire was a great philosopher he wrote poweful passages. In his meditations he comes off strong and stright forward. Many people might disagree with him and call him harsh and some might even say he makes them feel bad about themsealves, but others like myself might think he changed and battered the way thinking forever. Marcus was a stoic philosopher who dealt with emotional intelligence, mind over matter, nature, etc. One if marcus arguments in the beginning of book 5 was about getting out of bed in then morning. He explains and says " At dawn when you are having trouble getting out of bed tell yourself have to work as a human being. What do i have to complain for, the things i was brouth into the world
