Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, ruled during a tumultuous period marked by conflict and plague. His ...

Marcus Aurelius has been acknowledged as a sage. But his reign was marked as much by military affairs as it was by philosophy.

Discover the Roman Emperor known as the Philosopher King. Learn how his commitment to Stoicism, his Meditations, and his ...

Wisdom From the 'Philosopher King'—75 Famous Quotes From Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius originally appeared on Parade. Marcus Aurelius is known as the "Philosopher King," the last of Rome's "Five Good ...

In the middle of the second century CE, the most powerful man in the Western world sat in the legionary fortress of Carnuntum, by the River Danube, contemplating the fact that one day nobody would ...

Quote of the day by Marcus Aurelius: Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, led during difficult times. He believed in service and self-control, not ego. His personal writings, ...

Stoic philosophy has exerted an important influence on the history of ideas, including on the thought of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, Adam Smith, and J.S. Mill, who, in On Liberty (1859) ...

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Donald Trump, meet Marcus Aurelius. Trump’s selection of retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary is a red carpet moment, too, for the philosophical Roman emperor whose book ...