{"product_id":"marcus-aurelius-meditation-london-1898-124494","title":"[Meditations].","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eThe George Long translation of this important work of Stoic philosophy by the last of Rome's Five Good Emperors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) composed his Meditations between 170 and 180 AD as a private work, intended for his own moral guidance and self-improvement. The first definite mention of the text was made by Arethas of Caesarea in the 10th century, who sent a copy of the Emperors' '[writings] to himself' to Demetrius, Archbishop of Heracleia sometime before 907 AD. Although now lost, this edition is considered the likely source of the two extant manuscripts on which the present-day text is almost entirely based. The work survives to offer us a unique insight into the mind of a Roman emperor and 'philosopher king'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarge 8vo (23.5 x 17.5 cm); title printed in red and black, photographic frontispiece, slightly spotted, ofsetting to endpapers; publisher's vellum backed cloth boards, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine, top-edge gilt, others uncut, top-edge bump, corners a little rubbed and frayed, a little soiled and stained, very good; [4], 202, [2]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"AURELIUS, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57391415132535,"sku":"124494","price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/124494_01.jpg?v=1787057807","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/marcus-aurelius-meditation-london-1898-124494","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}