Can we find true fulfillment in a world obsessed with comfort and pleasure? Discover how the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius and ...
In the middle of the second century CE, the most powerful man in the Western world sat in the legionary fortress of Carnuntum, by the River Danube, contemplating the fact that one day nobody would ...
Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, believed the mind shapes experience, enabling inner strength amidst ...
Category — Things I've Said That Have Never Been Said to Me. Entry 1,437: "You can do so much better!" In 90% of those cases, I was dodging a lovely invitation I nonetheless wished to decline. In 10%, ...
The empire the emperor inherited was faltering. The national treasury was depleted, and foreign invaders frequently crossed the borders. The emperor was kind and diligent. Though he tirelessly handled ...
This equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is one of only two surviving bronze statues of a pre-Christian Roman emperor. Source: Pixabay/StevoLeBlanc Stoic philosophy has exerted an important influence ...
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 ...
The Art of Living Marcus Aurelius’s Ten Commandments Massimo Pigliucci studies the Stoic Emperor’s to-do list. Commandments are generally lists of things someone requires some ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius was ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art by New York authorities investigating ...