Marcus Aurelius

During the reign of Marcus Aurelius, the last of the five good emperors, many natural disasters occurred. The Tiber River flooded; famine hit, and the army brought back plague from the East. All of these resulted in a major loss of population and a shortage of military power. Many of the Romans believed that these disasters foreshadowed a worrying future for Rome. This belief was proven by the presence of new problems after Marcus Aurelius died. Marcus Aurelius appointed his own son as his…

Antonio Museum of Arts Marcus Aurelius was an aristocrat born in Rome in 121 CE. He ruled as Emperor from 161 to 180, most of those years along side a co-emperor, and was an accomplished warrior as well as a Stoic philosopher, which teaches that to be wise and intelligent one must not allow negative emotions to run rampant no matter what the circumstances may be. Which is why when someone suppresses their emotion today we say they are “Stoic”. This beautiful depiction of Marcus Aurelius’ as a…

ideas and philosophies of the main character, Senator Onesimo Sanchez. Senator Onesimo Sanchez cannot seem to accept the inevitable fact of death even though he has previously read the stoic Marcus Aurelius’ 4th Meditation. In the preface of the story it is made aware that Senator Sanchez has read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. It is this deliberate choice of incorporating the Meditations as a literary allusion which allows for Marquez to experiment with existential undertones of his allegory in…

may differ in views on death, both Lucretius and Aurelius have a similar idea that death shouldn’t be feared. Lucretius basically has the idea that the fear of death ruins everything in our lives or has the potential to do so. Marcus Aruelius believes that you should always live everyday as if it were your last day because death is natural. Lucretius views the world as a group of random atoms that were floating through space. On the contrary, Aurelius believes that the universe is one living…

I have many different favorite things in many different areas, such as in Marcus Aurelius’ biography, Meditation’s. My three favorite passages from Meditation’s come from all one book which is Book two, yet in different sections that are section eight, section eleven, and section fourteen. My first favorite passage states “Through…

to the arena is in the movie called Gladiator quite understandable change. A slightly smaller mistake was made with main villain Commodus, son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, which he shortly after start of the movie kills. According to history books, Commodus not only existed, but had relative harmonious relationship with his father – Marcus Aurelius was, however, slightly younger than in the movie and died during plague epidemic in Vindobona. Commodus himself was a professional fighter with a…

Since the beginning man has worshiped a God or many gods. Due to this, mankind has always wanted to become like a god. He has always wanted the knowledge of a god. Plato’s Republic, Marcus Aurelius, and Saint Augustine all had different views on whether or not it was possible to obtain or perceive absolute truth. Looking at the definition of absolute truth, you can get a glimpse of how man sees himself, and what he wishes to become. The people who wrote about who they thought could and who could…

abolishing kings and hating those leaders who became tyrants, to now following the rules and orders of an emperor! However, the people see that the emperors during this time period of the Pax Romana are actually not so bad and accept their rule. Marcus Aurelius for example was one of the emperors during this time and was loved by the people. He also chose to share his power with his brother which was a humble move and showed he was not a power hungry individual. He reformed Roman law, fixed the…

therefor alter the views of human nature. Many past Philoshipers would touch on the subject of human nature including Marcus Aurelius who wondered in humans were inherently good, bad or somewhere in the middle. The new Philoshipers would come to challenge and complicate Aurelius and previous great thinkers and ideas and change everything we though we knew about human nature. Marcus Aurelius is known as the father of Stoicism, a philosophical school of thought that that focused on “retiring…

Development of self and ownership are intertwined and the view Plato takes to this subject is one that excites and interests me because it deals with the detriments an individual contends with in respect to owning objects. Not to disregard various perspectives explored concerning the subject, perspectives explored concerning the subject, Aristotle stands in favor of a person’s morality been boosted with the accumulation of tangible goods. Equally important to note is Jean-Paul Sartre’s view of…