Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, Books 1-6

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Gill is Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter. His interests focus on Greek and Roman ethics and psychology, including ancient ideas of personality and self, and the philosophical therapy of emotions. He is also concerned with the relationship between ancient and modern ideas on these topics. He has published a number of monographs and edited volumes on these subjects, especially with Oxford University Press. Klappentext Christopher Gill provides a new translation and commentary on the first half of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and a full introduction to this unique and remarkable work: a reflective diary or notebook by a Roman emperor, whose content is based on Stoic philosophy but presented in a highly distinctive way. Zusammenfassung Christopher Gill provides a new translation and commentary on the first half of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and a full introduction to this unique and remarkable work: a reflective diary or notebook by a Roman emperor, whose content is based on Stoic philosophy but presented in a highly distinctive way. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION Overview The Meditations - Main Features Is There a Core Project? Marcus' Ethical Framework Confronting Death and Transience Ethics and Other Branches of Philosophy: Psychology Ethics and Other Branches of Philosophy: the Universe INTRODUCTION TO BOOK 1 Note on the Text and Translation TRANSLATION, Books 1 - 6 COMMENTARY, Books 1 - 6 Bibliography List of Main Themes in Meditations 1-6 Index Locorum General Index

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Gill, Christopher (University of Exeter) Gill, Gill Christopher
• Assisted by: Christopher Gill (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9780199694839
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969483-9
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers; Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500