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Marcus Aurelius
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Of my grandfather Verus I have learned to be gentle and meek, and to refrain from all anger and passion... I have learned both shamefastness and manlike behaviour.
— I, 1
Marcus Aurelius
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
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Lived 121–180, aged 59Italy
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A Roman emperor who ruled during plague, war, and the empire's slow turn toward chaos — but endures because he kept private notebooks on how to endure it all. The Meditations weren't meant for publication; they're the working philosophy of a man trying to stay decent while the world burned.
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Marcus Aurelius was born 26 April 121, son of a praetor who died when the boy was three. Raised by his mother and grandfather, he was pulled into the imperial succession when Hadrian adopted his uncle Antoninus Pius in 138, who in turn adopted Marcus. He studied Greek and Latin under notable tutors, married Antoninus's daughter Faustina in 145, and became emperor in 161 alongside his adoptive brother Lucius Verus. The reign brought relentless military conflict: a revitalised Parthian Empire in the East, the Marcomannic Wars against Germanic tribes pressing the frontier. The Antonine Plague bro…
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Marcus Aurelius
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Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceive of doing it. And the simple way she lived—not in the least like the rich.
— I, 3
Marcus Aurelius
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Of Fronto, to how much envy and fraud and hypocrisy the state of a tyrannous king is subject unto, and how they who are commonly called [Eupatridas Gk.], i.e.
— I, 8
Marcus Aurelius
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Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love. (Hays translation)
— I, 9
Marcus Aurelius
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Self-control and resistance to distractions. Optimism in adversity—especially illness. (Hays translation)
— I, 15
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