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This 3 page paper examines this classic work. The paper begins by defining stoicism and then quickly goes on to evaluate Meditations and what can be gleaned from it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Aurelius ("Stoicism," 2004). It is something that was actually organized during the third century BCE and the Stoics essentially would provide a unified account in respect to the world that
had been composed of materialistic physics, formal logic, and naturalistic ethics (2004). Down the road, Roman Stoics also emphasized the development of recommendations in terms of living in
harmony with the natural world for which one does not have direct control (2004). The group might meet on the porch perhaps and the name stoicism stuck as
it comes from a greek term that means porch (2004). Marcus Aurelius wrote something called Meditations and from this, one may glean what he might have contrasted as
desirable behavior. In the work, he speaks about his grandmother, father, mother, grandfather and so forth (Aurelius 167 ACE). He explains that from each of these individuals he had learned
a great deal. For example, he writes: "From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty
and a manly character" (167 ACE). The work continues and he names things he learned from various individuals; in addition to morals, controlling his temper, modesty, and manliness, he learned
piety, abstinence, and how to live simply "far removed from the habits of the rich" (167 ACE). Many other things are seemingly learned and from this insightful book, one
can glean just what Marcus Aurelius meant by desirable behavior. He goes on to say that he has learned a lot of things from a lot of people, and not
only that, he is thankful to the gods. The work is really a compilation of what he has learned through life and how to live ones life. One can do
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