Texte alese din lucrarea „Gânduri către sine însuşi” de Marcus Aurelius, Ediţie bilingvă, Humanitas, 2018
Selected Thoughts from 'The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antonius', Bilingual Edition, Humanitas, 2018

Summary/Abstract: This paper dedicated to Marcus Aurelius’s philosophy emphasises some of the emperor and Stoic philosopher’s interests in and meditations on his own life, his relationship with the others and with the universe, the sensitivity of his feelings that were offered as a gift to posterity, the strength of his humble thoughts that overflowed his mind, as well as the attitude towards the others as a result of his social and political experience. Worth mentioning in this context is his lack of vanity, best exemplified by his memorable routine recorded by historians: while walking through the Roman crowds that used to acclaim him, he would ask the soldier that usually accompanied him to whisper into his ear, from time to time, the following words: “you are nothing but a simple human being!”

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