Publisher's Synopsis
This study seeks to make the "Meditations", a bedside book of reflections and self-admonitions by Marcus Aurelius, the Emperor of Rome (161 to 180 AD), more accessible by explaining philosophical and historical background, by relating stylistic detail to the intellectual and moral outlook of the ruler and by charting the main themes of his thought.;Dr Rutherford attempts to define aims, attitudes and styles more precisely and to restore the work to the position it has held in the past, that of a spiritual classic which can be understood and valued by many who are not professional scholars or philosophers.
