![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the Empire that Marcus Aurelius defended from barbarians and pestilence and plague at every border. Imagine the powerful Roman Empire: encompassing vast territory from England to Spain and Africa, to Egypt, Arabia and Turkey. It was in the 2nd Century, during battles against Barbarian tribes in the Danube region near Hungary (not unlike the opening scene of "Gladiator"), when Aurelius wrote "Meditations." Whether or not you've heard of Stoicism, you've probably met one of its leading thinkers: Marcus Aurelius-he's the old emperor in the movie "Gladiator." :) You know, one of the classic Hellenistic philosophies-right there with Epicureanism and Cynicism. Not only is Marcus Aurelius one of my heroes, he's also one of history's leading Stoic Philosophers. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible." ~ Marcus Aurelius from "Meditations" "Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. ![]()
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