By William O. Stephens
ISBN-10: 1441101799
ISBN-13: 9781441101792
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ISBN-13: 9781441108104
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This publication is a transparent and concise advent to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. His one significant surviving paintings, frequently titled 'meditations' yet actually translated easily as 'to himself', is a chain of brief, occasionally enigmatic reflections divided likely arbitrarily into twelve books and it appears written in simple terms to be learn by way of him. For those purposes Marcus is a very tricky philosopher to appreciate. His musings, framed as 'notes to self' or 'memoranda', are the exhortations of an earnest, conscientious Stoic confused with the laborious duties of ruling a whole empire.William O. Stephens lucidly sketches Marcus Aurelius' upbringing, relatives kinfolk, upward thrust to the throne, army campaigns, and legacy, situating his philosophy amidst his lifestyles and instances, explicating the criteria shaping Marcus' philosophy, and clarifying key subject matters within the Memoranda. particularly designed to fulfill the wishes of scholars looking an intensive figuring out of this key determine and his significant paintings, Marcus Aurelius: A consultant for the confused is definitely the right advisor for realizing this Stoic writer - the one thinker who used to be additionally an emperor.
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So I’m not allowed to swear at misers? HARPAGON. Yes, but you’re not allowed to be insolent and spout rubbish. So shut up. LA FLÈCHE. I name no names. HARPAGON. One more word … LA FLÈCHE. If the caps fits … HARPAGON. Will you shut up! LA FLÈCHE. I’ll try. HARPAGON. Ah, so you … LA FLÈCHE (showing the pockets of his tunic). Here, another pocket. Satisfied? HARPAGON. Come on, give it back, don’t make me search you. LA FLÈCHE. What this time? HARPAGON. Whatever it is you’ve stolen. LA FLÈCHE. Nothing.
HARPAGON. Eh? LA FLÈCHE. Beg pardon? HARPAGON. What are you saying about thieving? LA FLÈCHE. I said that you’re searching everywhere to see if I’ve been thieving. HARPAGON. Exactly. ) LA FLÈCHE (aside). A plague on misers and avarice. HARPAGON. What? LA FLÈCHE. What, what? HARPAGON. What are you saying now about misers and avarice? LA FLÈCHE. I said, a plague on all misers and avarice. HARPAGON. Who do you mean? LA FLÈCHE. Misers. HARPAGON. Who are they? LA FLÈCHE. Beady-eyed scrooges. HARPAGON.
What? Seigneur Anselme is highly eligible, he comes from an old family, he’s very well bred, a man of the world, and he’s very rich too. And there are no children surviving from his first marriage. Who could ask for more? VALÈRE. True. But your daughter might argue that this is rushing things, that she needs more time to get used to the idea, the person – HARPAGON. It’s a fantastic, unrepeatable offer, for one reason alone. No dowry! He takes her without a dowry. I don’t have to pay a thing! VALÈRE.
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