The Quote of the Day by Marcus Aurelius is on discipline, emotion, and human behavior. The stoic Roman Emperor observed a ...

Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was the model philosopher-king. Though his rule was troubled by war and conflict, he remained a thoughtful and even-handed ruler. Meditations is a ...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180 C.E.) was a great leader and stoic philosopher whose words ring as true today as they did during his short tenure of antiquity. He served as the 16th Roman Emperor ...

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) ...

Marcus Aurelius teaches that change is constant, but our thoughts shape how we experience it. By managing perception and judgment, we build resilience, respond better to challenges, and turn ...

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 ...

Translated by GEORGE LONG. London : Bell & Daldy. REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES. DULNESS is usually reckoned the prescriptive right of kings; at least, they are supposed to be officially incapable of ...

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 ...

2000's "Gladiator" revitalized the sword-and-sandal genre with its epic depiction of ancient Rome. While "Gladiator's" Maximus (Russell Crowe) wasn't a real person, the film does depict several ...

This time, Hadrian adopted Titus Aurelius Antoninus, the husband of Marcus’ aunt Faustina the Elder, on condition that Antoninus in turn adopt Marcus and the son of the late Lucius, also Lucius. The ...