Marcus was forever proposing to himself unattainable goals of conduct, forever contemplating the triviality, brutishness, and transience of the physical world and of humanity in general and himself in particular otherworldly, yet believing in no other world, he was therefore tied to duty and service with no hope, even of everlasting fame, to sustain him. In many ages these thoughts have been admired the modern age, however, is more likely to be struck by the pathology of them, their mixture of priggishness and hysteria. Strikingly, though they comprise the innermost thoughts of a Roman, the Meditations were written in ancient Greek-to such an extent had the union of cultures become a reality. In a way, it seems, he wrote them to nerve himself for his daunting responsibilities. To what extent Marcus intended the Meditations for eyes other than his own is uncertain they are fragmentary notes, discursive and epigrammatic by turn, of his reflections in the midst of military campaigning and administration. Meditations, work by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180 ce ruled 161–180 ce) consisting of Stoicism-inspired philosophical reflections, probably written during the early 170s, while Marcus was leading a series of military campaigns against Germanic tribes along the Danube River in central Europe. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.
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