HIST 1A Lecture 1: History 1A- Marcus Aurelius
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History 1a: introduction to western civilization: ancient civilizations, prehistory to. Paper assignment: marcus aurelius thoughts: ad 843 by: maxwell martin. Discourses on the first decade of titus livius. Niccol machiavelli - ninian hillthomson - k. paul, trench & co. - 1883. Michel foucault on writing and the self in the meditations of marcus. The holy bible: containing the old and new testaments with the. Roman christianity and roman stoicism: a comparative study of ancient morality. Runar m. thorsteinsson - oxford university press 2010. Plato believed that a philosopher king would lead to the utopian society that he envisioned in the republic. Although ultimately untrue, the ascension of the stoic philosopher marcus aurelius to the post of emperor of rome was indeed the embodiment of plato"s writings. Aurelius, the very last of the (cid:499)5 good emperors of. Rome(cid:499), was considered one of the most conscious emperors ever (machiavelli).
