A Companion to Marcus Aurelius

by Van Ackeren, Marcel

• ISBN13: 9781405192859
• ISBN10: 1405192852
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A Companion to Marcus Aurelius presents the first comprehensive collection of essays to explore all essential facets relating to contemporary Marcus Aurelius studies. First collection of its kind to commission new state-of-the-art scholarship on Marcus Aurelius Features readings that cover all aspects of Marcus Aurelius, including source material, biographical information, and writings Contributions from an international cast of top Aurelius scholars Addresses evolving aspects of the reception of the Meditations

Author Biography

Marcel van Ackeren is Professor at Cologne University. He is the author of Das Wissen vom Guten (2003), Heraklit (2005), Understanding Ancient Philosophy (with Jörn Müller, 2006), The Political Identity of the West: Platonism in the Dialogue of Cultures (edited with Orrin F. Summerell, 2006), and Die Philosophie Marc Aurels (2011).

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
List of Abbreviations	p. xix
The Study of Marcus Aurelius: Introduction	p. 1
The Main Sources	p. 11
Cassius Dio and the Historia Augusta	p. 13
Archaeological Evidence of the Marcomannic Wars of Marcus Aurelius (Ad 166-80)	p. 29
The Meditations	p. 45
Marcus Aurelius' Letters	p. 62
Epigraphic Records	p. 62
Biography and Background	p. 93
The Political State of the Roman Empire	p. 95
Cultural and Intellectual Background and Development	p. 110
Early Life: Family, Youth, and Education	p. 139
Marcus' Life as Emperor	p. 155
The Relation of Politics and Philosophy under Marcus Aurelius	p. 171
Marcus the Emperor	p. 183
Administration and Jurisdiction in Rome and in the Provinces	p. 185
Religion in the Age of Marcus Aurelius	p. 200
The Wars and Revolts	p. 217
The Roman Empire after His Death	p. 234
Material Forms of Self-Representation	p. 249
The Column of Marcus Aurelius	p. 251
The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius	p. 264
Coins	p. 278
The Portraits: A Short Introduction	p. 294
The Reliefs: Representation of Marcus Aurelius' Deeds	p. 305
Marcus the Philosopher	p. 315
The Form and Structure of the Meditations	p. 317
The Style of the Meditations	p. 333
Aspects of Orality in (the Text of) the Meditations	p. 346
The Meditations as a (Philosophical) Autobiography	p. 362
Marcus and Previous Stoic Literature	p. 382
Marcus Aurelius on Physics	p. 396
Logic and the Meditations	p. 408
Ethics	p. 420
Social Ethics and Politics	p. 437
The Meditations and the Ancient Art of Living	p. 453
The Self in the Meditations	p. 465
Reception	p. 481
The Reception of the Philosopher-King in Antiquity and the Medieval Age	p. 483
The Sanctification of Marcus Aurelius	p. 497
Marcus Aurelius and Neostoicism in Early Modern Philosophy	p. 515
Marcus Aurelius in Contemporary Philosophy	p. 532
Index	p. 545
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