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100 1 _aMarcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome,
_d121-180
245 1 0 _aMarc. Aurel. Antoninus elmélkedései
246 1 _aMarcus Aurelius Antoninus elmélkedései
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-20
508 _aAlbert László from page images generously made available by the Hungarian National Digital Archive
520 _a"Marc. Aurel. Antoninus elmélkedései" by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius is a collection of Stoic meditations written in the 2nd century AD. It is a private notebook of self-advice that explores how to live virtuously through reason, justice, self-restraint, and acceptance of nature’s order. The reflections blend imperial experience with Stoic practice, focusing on inner discipline over fame or fortune. The opening of the work provides a brief biographical sketch of Marcus’s life and wars, then launches into Book I, a grateful catalog of lessons learned from family, teachers, and friends (from Rusticus and Apollonius to Sextus and Fronto), followed by thanks to the gods for guidance and circumstances. Book II begins with daily precepts: prepare to meet difficult people, distinguish body, breath, and ruling reason, accept providence, keep to present duties, and avoid distraction and vanity. Early sections of Books III–IV press the urgency of using the mind well before age dulls it, note the mortality of even the greatest figures, find beauty in nature’s processes, and urge retreat into the “inner citadel” rather than external escapes. Throughout, the maxims stress cosmopolitan duty, the brevity of life, indifference to praise, and death as a natural transformation, with asides noting the settings among the Quadi and at Carnuntum. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cPest: Trattner-Károlyi, 1847
653 _aStoics
653 _aEthics
653 _aLife
700 1 _aPerlaky, Sándor,
_d-1870
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76130
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