TY - BOOK ID - 17191000 TI - Die Philosophie Marc Aurels AU - van Ackeren, Marcel AU - De Gruyter PY - 2011 VL - 103 SN - 03448142 SN - 9783110255423 9783110255423 3110255421 PB - Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter DB - UniCat KW - Stoics KW - Marcus Aurelius, KW - Ethics KW - Philosophy, Ancient KW - Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus, KW - Stoics. KW - Marcus Aurelius, - Emperor of Rome, - 121-180 - Meditations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17191000 AB - The two volumes of this work provide the first comprehensive interpretation of the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. The central thesis is that a particular combination of form and content is characteristic of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. He wrote the earliest extant self-dialogue, whereby the composition of the mainly contemplative text can at the same time be a kind of Stoic philosophical practice. Volume 1 analyses general characteristics of form and their philosophical significance. Volume 2 analyses the themes, terms ... Show more The two volumes of this work provide the first comprehensive interpretation of the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. The central thesis is that a particular combination of form and content is characteristic of Marcus Aurelius s Meditations. He wrote the earliest extant self-dialogue, whereby the composition of the mainly contemplative text can at the same time be a kind of Stoic philosophical practice. Volume 1 analyses general characteristics of form and their philosophical significance. Volume 2 analyses the themes, terms and arguments in analogy to the Stoic division of the philosophy. ER -