Beschreibung:
In this new study, John Sellars offers a fresh examination of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations as a work of philosophy by placing it against the background of the tradition of Stoic philosophy to which Marcus was committed.
Introduction; Part I: Marcus and his Meditations; 1. Marcus the Stoic philosopher; 2. The Meditations, a philosophical text; Part II: Logic; 3. Impressions and judgements; Part III: Physics; 4. Nature and change; 5. Fate and providence; 6. Soul and emotion; 7. Time and death; Part IV: Ethics; 8. Virtue and justice; 9. The cosmic city; Conclusion