It is common for humans to experience adversity. Modern challenges can feel overwhelming at times and that is when looking back at some of the timeless wisdom from great philosophers can provide the ...

Marcus Aurelius was a Stoic philosopher, as well as one of the five "good" emperors of Rome, and his musings on how little time we have still us hit us hard.

Marcus Aurelius ruled Rome from 161 to 180 AD, and his reign was rarely quiet. A plague swept through the empire, wars ...

Masters of Habit is a series of mini-biographies on the daily rituals and routines of great athletes, artists, and leaders. Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. Known as the last of the ...

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With opened eyes; and all delight, all grief, Shall be like smoke, as empty and as brief. This epigram is found at the end of a Vatican manuscript of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, one of the ...

The second-century A.D. world of Emperor Marcus Aurelius was in shambles. A great plague ravaged western Europe, as he embarked on a long and bloody war against the Germanic tribes along the Danube ...

Marcus Aurelius ran the Roman Empire while plague spread through its cities and wars dragged on along the northern frontier. In 175 AD, one of his most ...

Consider the fortunes of Marcus Aurelius, ruler of Rome from A.D. 161 to 180 and follower of the Stoic ethical creed. He never meant to be a published author; the thoughts he set down, in Greek, were ...