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Index
Contents:
Preface
Note on Transliteration and Quotation
Translator's Note
1. The Emperor-Philosopher
A happy youth, a tormented reign
Evolution toward philosophy
Junius Rusticus
The reading of "Aristo"
Professors and friends
The philosopher-emperor
A happy youth, a tormented reign
Evolution toward philosophy
Junius Rusticus
The reading of "Aristo"
Professors and friends
The philosopher-emperor
2. A First Glimpse of the Meditations
The fate of a text
The title
Hypotheses on the work's literary genre
A strange work
The Meditations as personal notes (hypomnemata)
The fate of a text
The title
Hypotheses on the work's literary genre
A strange work
The Meditations as personal notes (hypomnemata)
3. The Meditations as Spiritual Exercises
"Theory" and "practice"
Dogmas and their formulation
The three rules of life or disciplines
Imaginative exercises
Writing as a spiritual exercise
"Greek" exercises
"Theory" and "practice"
Dogmas and their formulation
The three rules of life or disciplines
Imaginative exercises
Writing as a spiritual exercise
"Greek" exercises
4. The Philosopher-Slave and the Emperor-Philosopher
Memories of philosophical readings
The teachings of Epictetus
Quotations of Epictetus in the Meditations
The three rules of life or disciplines according to Epictetus
The influence of Aristo
Memories of philosophical readings
The teachings of Epictetus
Quotations of Epictetus in the Meditations
The three rules of life or disciplines according to Epictetus
The influence of Aristo
5. The Stoicism of Epictetus
The general characteristics of Stoicism
The Stoics on the parts of philosophy
The three acts of the soul and the three exercise-themes according to Epictetus
The three exercise-themes and the three parts of philosophy
The coherence of the All
The general characteristics of Stoicism
The Stoics on the parts of philosophy
The three acts of the soul and the three exercise-themes according to Epictetus
The three exercise-themes and the three parts of philosophy
The coherence of the All
6. The Inner Citadel, or, the Discipline of Assent
The discipline of assent
The objective or adequate representation (phantasia kataleptike)
The Inner Citadel
The discipline of assent
The objective or adequate representation (phantasia kataleptike)
The Inner Citadel
7. The Discipline of Desire, or Amor Fati
Discipline of desire and discipline of the impulses
Circumscribing the present
Events, the present, and cosmic consciousness
Amor fati
Providence or atoms?
Pessimism?
The Levels of Cosmic Consciousness
Discipline of desire and discipline of the impulses
Circumscribing the present
Events, the present, and cosmic consciousness
Amor fati
Providence or atoms?
Pessimism?
The Levels of Cosmic Consciousness
8. The Discipline of Action, or Action in the Service of Mankind
The discipline of action
The seriousness of action
"Appropriate actions" (ta kathekonta)
Uncertainty and worry
Moral intent, or the fire fed by all matter
Inner freedom with regard to actions: the purity and simplicity of intentions
The "reserve clause" and exercices to prepare oneself to encounter difficulties
Resignation?
Altruism
Action and value; justice and impartiality
Pity, gentleness, and benevolence
Loving our neighbors
The discipline of action
The seriousness of action
"Appropriate actions" (ta kathekonta)
Uncertainty and worry
Moral intent, or the fire fed by all matter
Inner freedom with regard to actions: the purity and simplicity of intentions
The "reserve clause" and exercices to prepare oneself to encounter difficulties
Resignation?
Altruism
Action and value; justice and impartiality
Pity, gentleness, and benevolence
Loving our neighbors
9. Virtue and Joy
The three virtues and the three disciplines
Temperance and the discipline of desire
Joy
The three virtues and the three disciplines
Temperance and the discipline of desire
Joy
10. Marcus Aurelius in His Meditations
The author and his work
The limits of psychological history
Stylistic elegance
Chronological signposts
Books II-XII
Remembering the dead
The "Confessions" of Marcus Aurelius
Verus or fictus: "sincere" or "affected"
The solitude of the emperor and of the philosopher
Political models
"Don't wait for Plato's republic"
The author and his work
The limits of psychological history
Stylistic elegance
Chronological signposts
Books II-XII
Remembering the dead
The "Confessions" of Marcus Aurelius
Verus or fictus: "sincere" or "affected"
The solitude of the emperor and of the philosopher
Political models
"Don't wait for Plato's republic"
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
1. The Emperor-Philosopher
2. A First Glimpse of the Meditations
3. The Meditations as Spiritual Exercises
4. The Philosopher-Slave and the Emperor-Philosopher
5. The Stoicism of Epictetus
6. The Inner Citadel, or the Discipline of Assent
7. The Discipline of Desire, or Amor Fati
8. The Discipline of Action, or Action in the Service of Mankind
9. Virtue and Joy
10. Marcus Aurelius in His Meditations
Conclusion
1. The Emperor-Philosopher
2. A First Glimpse of the Meditations
3. The Meditations as Spiritual Exercises
4. The Philosopher-Slave and the Emperor-Philosopher
5. The Stoicism of Epictetus
6. The Inner Citadel, or the Discipline of Assent
7. The Discipline of Desire, or Amor Fati
8. The Discipline of Action, or Action in the Service of Mankind
9. Virtue and Joy
10. Marcus Aurelius in His Meditations
Conclusion
Index
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