CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For nearly 30 years, a massive bronze statue thought to be of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius served as the centerpiece of the ancient Roman gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art ...

In Gladiator, this line is spoken by Marcus Aurelius — the wise emperor whose philosophy shapes the heart of the film. “Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.” It’s not delivered as ...

Stoic philosophy has exerted an important influence on the history of ideas, including on the thought of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, Adam Smith, and J.S. Mill, who, in On Liberty (1859) ...

Cambridge: Cambridge University Pres, 2025. Pp. x, 304. Notes, biblio, index. $35.99 paper. ISBN: 1108940625 ...

Robertson, a founding member of the organization Modern Stoicism and the president and founder of the Plato’s Academy Centre nonprofit, is the author of Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor In the ...

Learning to sleep under the stern gaze of Marcus Aurelius. By Megan Margulies “Absolutely not,” I told my husband from the bed as he tried to find the right place on his dresser for Marcus Aurelius ...

Sequels walk a fine line, especially to one of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time. This fine line is put on full display by director Ridley Scott’s film “Gladiator II,” sequel to ...

The Stoic philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, as written in Meditations, teaches us to stay calm, act with integrity, and serve ...