Robertson, who’s written a stack of books on the subject, the latest of which is “Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor.” It’s not hard to see the appeal. As a philosophy, Stoicism favors ...

Stoicism, a school of thought born in ancient ... later popularized by Roman thinkers such as Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, the philosophy emphasizes rationality, self-discipline ...

Dry bones rattle a lonely soul Slipped and fell into a deep black hole I can tell you are lost, I’m here for you Wildfires ...

As well as a military man, comfortable with brutal violence and relentless warfare, Marcus Aurelius was a writer and deep thinker. His Stoic philosophical jottings on life and death are now ...

A lesson from second century Marcus Aurelius. He was one of Rome’s only five good emperors. He reigned at the peak of the ...

The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from ... writing his "Meditations" and thoughts on Stoic philosophy. Adrian Marsden, a coin ...