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Writer's pictureTim Boatswain

Marcus Aurelius, a modern thinker?

Updated: Jun 8



Tim Boatswain's talk: "Marcus Aurelius, a modern thinker?" 13th June, 7.30 pm at St Albans Cathedral. Speaker's fees go to Conservation 50, which was established to care for and enhance St Albans' Conservation Areas.

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Select Bibliography for Marcus Aurelius

Beckmann, M. (2011). The Column of Marcus Aurelius: the genesis & meaning of a Roman imperial monument. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Birley, A. (1993). Marcus Aurelius: A Biography (2nd ed., Revised). Routledge.

Boschung, D. (2012a). The portraits: a short introduction. In van Ackeren, M. (Ed) A companion to Marcus Aurelius. (pp 294-304). Wiley-Blackwell.

Boschung, D. (2012b). The reliefs: representation of Marcus Aurelius’ deeds. In van Ackeren, M. (Ed) A companion to Marcus Aurelius. (pp 305-314). Wiley-Blackwell.

Brodsky, J. (1995). Homage to Marcus Aurelius. In Brodsky, J. On grief and reason: essays. (pp 267-298). New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Hadot, P. (1992). La citadelle intérieure: introduction aux Pensées de Marc Aurèle. Paris: Fayard. (translated by M. Chase, 1998). The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Harvard University Press.

Inwood, B., & Gerson, L. P. (1998). Hellenistic Philosophy Introductory Readings (2nd ed.). Hackett Publishing Company

McLynn. F. (2009). Marcus Aurelius: warrior, philosopher, emperor. London: Bodley Head.

Robertson, D. 2019How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. New York: St. Martin's Press

Rutherford, R. B. 1989. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: A Study. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.

Sellars, J. (2006). Stoicism. University of California Press.

Stephens, William O. 2012Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for the Perplexed. London and New York: Bloomsbury

Staniforth, M.  (1964). MeditationsMarcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180. London:  Penguin.

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