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Meditaciones
Considerado uno de los grandes pensadores del estoicismo romano, el emperador MARCO AURELIO (121-180 d.C.) escribió hacia el final de su vida estas singulares MEDITACIONES: notas y apuntes tomados al hilo de las circunstancias y de los caprichos de la imaginación que se articulan en párrafos generalmente breves y desconectados entre sí. Dividido en doce libros, este manual de los principios de psicología y de moral del último estoicismo romano reflexiona sobre la inevitabilidad de las cosas, la búsqueda de la virtud y la indiferencia del sabio ante los bienes y los males, principios que influirían después tanto sobre la moral cristiana como sobre el humanismo secularizado.
Literary CollectionsAncient & ClassicalPhilosophyHistory & Surveys
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERAlianza Editorial
LENGTH171
LANGUAGEES
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. During his reign, the empire defeated a revitalized Parthian Empire; Aurelius' general Avidius Cassius sacked the capital Ctesiphon in 164. Aurelius fought the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians with success during the Marcomannic Wars, but the threat of the Germanic Tribes began to represent a troubling reality for the empire. A revolt in the east led by Avidius Cassius failed to gain momentum and was suppressed immediately. Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty. It serves as an example of how Aurelius approached the Platonic ideal of a philosopher-king and how he symbolized much of what was best about Roman civilization.
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Meditaciones
by Marco Aurelio (Emperador de Roma)
Considerado uno de los grandes pensadores del estoicismo romano, el emperador MARCO AURELIO (121-180 d.C.) escribió hacia el final de su vida estas singulares MEDITACIONES: notas y apuntes tomados al hilo de las circunstancias y de los caprichos de la imaginación que se articulan en párrafos generalmente breves y desconectados entre sí. Dividido en doce libros, este manual de los principios de psicología y de moral del último estoicismo romano reflexiona sobre la inevitabilidad de las cosas, la búsqueda de la virtud y la indiferencia del sabio ante los bienes y los males, principios que influirían después tanto sobre la moral cristiana como sobre el humanismo secularizado.
Literary CollectionsAncient & ClassicalPhilosophyHistory & Surveys
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERAlianza Editorial
LENGTH171
LANGUAGEES
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. During his reign, the empire defeated a revitalized Parthian Empire; Aurelius' general Avidius Cassius sacked the capital Ctesiphon in 164. Aurelius fought the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians with success during the Marcomannic Wars, but the threat of the Germanic Tribes began to represent a troubling reality for the empire. A revolt in the east led by Avidius Cassius failed to gain momentum and was suppressed immediately. Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty. It serves as an example of how Aurelius approached the Platonic ideal of a philosopher-king and how he symbolized much of what was best about Roman civilization.
