Marcus Aurelius var kejser af Rom og dermed en af den tids mest magtfulde mennesker. Men han var også en flittig studerende, der uddannede sig inden for filosofi. "Tanker til sig selv" er et udvalg af Aurelius' skrifter, der giver et indblik i kejserens liv såvel som hans stoiske filosofi. Stoicismen, der både er et verdenssyn og en filosofisk skole, er baseret på at leve efter fornuften. I denne bog leverer oversætter K. G. Brøndsted en længere indledning om netop stoicismen samt oplysende noter, så at kejserens skrifter sættes i kontekst. Og disse skrifter, som spænder fra "taknemmelighedsstykker" til korte læresætninger, er vedkommende selv efter næsten to tusind år.
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Kejser Marcus Aurelius. Tanker til sig selv
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Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire from 161 to 180 AD. Born to an upper-class Roman family in 121, Aurelius was adopted by his uncle, the emperor Antoninus Pius, in 138. Aurelius studied Greek and Latin literature, philosophy, and law, and was especially influenced by the Stoic thinker Epictetus. After Pius’s death, Aurelius succeeded the throne alongside his adoptive brother, Lucius Verus. His reign was marked by plague, numerous military conflicts, and the deaths of friends and family—including Lucius Verus in 169. Despite these struggles, the Empire flourished under Marcus’s rule as the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an era from 27 to 180 of relative peace and prosperity for the Roman Empire. Aurelius wrote his Meditations as spiritual exercises never intended for publication, and died at fifty-eight while on campaign against the Germanic tribes.
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