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July 11, 2010 at 11:53 am
I love history, philosophy, and religion. This book covered all three subjects and kept my interest. It is not often that you get a philosopher emperor to write down his thoughts, but this is what happened here. You have a man who by all accounts was a great leader and a good man and we get to see what was important to him and what his underlying assumptions were about life.
July 11, 2010 at 2:57 pm
His values are quite universal. For example, he values self-mastery, and doesn’t like complainers. As an engineer, I enjoyed hearing about how he thought things worked. Many are out of date, but several are what we would consider accurate.
July 11, 2010 at 7:04 pm
I got a better feel for Stoicism from his discussions and it helped me understand how the Romans thought prior to adopting Christianity. He did make a disparaging comment about the Christians; he thought they were fanatics that didn’t work well with others. I noticed from history that he was involved in their persecution in Gaul.
July 12, 2010 at 12:27 am
I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in philosophy. It got me thinking and sparked more interest in Marcus Aurelius.
July 12, 2010 at 5:10 am