how to think like Marcus Aurelius

Key Takeaway: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180 CE) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 CE and the last of the Five Good Emperors.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180 CE) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 CE and the last of the Five Good Emperors. Written during military campaigns, they cover discipline, duty, mortality, and the governance of the self.

As the Stoic philosophers — particularly Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations and Seneca in his Letters — wrote, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180 CE) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 CE and the last of the Five Good Emperors.

— Oriens