The meditations of Marcus Aurelius
David Hicks prefaces his remarks on Marcus Aurelius' work with an introduction to the Greek origins of Stoicism. Within this context, he then showed how, given that Marcus' sole intent was to improve his own mental health, his writings, sometimes called “meditations,” may constitute one of...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Reno, NV :
the Parker Institute,
2009
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| Series: | The healing power of ancient literature.
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| Summary: | David Hicks prefaces his remarks on Marcus Aurelius' work with an introduction to the Greek origins of Stoicism. Within this context, he then showed how, given that Marcus' sole intent was to improve his own mental health, his writings, sometimes called “meditations,” may constitute one of the first, if not the first, self-help book of the Western world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. : 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Access: | For face-to-face teaching only, no public performance license. |
