Marcus Licinius Crassus

down they keep them in a journal, so there is a place to express pent up emotions. Marcus Aurelius wrote his ideas in his journal with no intention for it to be published.Marcus was born in Rome to a wealthy and highly political family, which was able to give him opportunities with emperors he would never have otherwise. He also was skillful philosopher as well as a leading emperor in Roman history (Bunsen). Marcus Aurelius was a bold and effective leader, who wrote Meditations, giving him a way…

E. B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey had the best interest of the black community in mind, but used different means to achieve this goal. To start, similarities between DuBois and Garvey are that they both wanted the black community to have access to equal education and social…

The ethical type I have chosen is Stoicism. I’m part of an online men’s only chat group and one of the members mentioned Stoicism as a recommended philosophy to follow and posted a link for us to read. I did not think of it again until I came across this assignment so I decided to research more on Stoicism. Stoicism is a philosophy founded in Athens in 3rd century BC (Baltzly, 1996). The main idea behind Stoicism is to expect the best and worst that can happen so external events do not affect…

Marcus Garvey’s Immigration Story Marcus Garvey was born in 1887 at Saint Ann Bay, Jamaica. He immigrated in the 1930s to find better life. He saw America as a new open world and wanted to fit in with the other people. Some of the laws of this time was unfair. He wanted for people to be treated equally. He established the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and the African Communities League (ACL). These are the accomplishments he made and they are what he is remembered for. He had a…

A Man of Wisdom An Analysis of “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus” The last of the Five Good Emperors, considered a stoic philosopher, a man of humility and dignification, Marcus Aurelius was an emperor of might and power, displaying characteristics many men strive for a lifetime to achieve. To give a brief understanding of the life of Marcus Aurelius, he was born in Rome in the year 121. He lost his father in infancy and was then relayed to be raised by his mother and paternal…

Maximus and Commodus are two brothers in Gladiator that have two very different personalities. Maximus is the one who has conquered every challenge and every obstacle in his life, and he is not offered the throne after former leader Marcus Aurelius dies. Commodus is given the throne, and takes absolute power. It is seen that he is more of the jealous and envious brother, because Maximus takes nothing for granted and works for everything. I watched Gladiator and I’ll admit that it is a great…

The article “100 Things I Learned in 10 Years and 100 Reads of Marcus Aurelius ‘Meditations’” was written by Ryan Holiday. It was printed in the October 24, 2016 edition of Observer and can be found on http://observer.com/2016/10/100-things-i-learned-in-10-years-and-100-reads-of-marcus-aureliuss-meditations/. The article seeks to demonstrate the contemporary relevance of the personal meditations written by Marcus Aurelius. This series of private notes written by the emperor for his own…

In Scott’s portrayal, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus’ father and emperor, was eager to end the wars he was involved in and to restore power to the senate. To create Commodus as a true villain, Scott shows Commodus killing his father, the beloved Marcus Aurelius, to ascend to the throne after having been treated poorly by his father as a child. As mentioned above, the movie’s main plot is…

Power Corrupts (An depiction on how there are such things as a great leader, but there has to be boundaries so the power is corrupted by the leader.) The world has housed many amazing people. They are adventurous, cunning, smart, and religious and everyone is a little different. The people look for leaders. People want to be able to make someone else responsible. Humans like having a leader they can blame. Three men looked at a leader and defined what they thought: Plato, Machiavelli and…

In Malcolm X’s book, Malcolm X on Afro-American History, Malcolm X states that, “...you’re never going to get rid of it until you get rid of the cause, and man, you know who the cause is”(51). After Malcolm X claimed this, a huge applause followed, of hundreds of people who felt the same way. Malcolm X was a civil rights advocate, who fought for the end of racial segregation and to improve the lives of fellow African Americans. In his book, it highlights several speeches he gave during his life…