Author: Ernest Renan
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385367646
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author: Joseph Ernest Renan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1988297753
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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In this last and final volume of this series, Renan argues that the Roman emperor's acceptance of Stoic philosophy had great influence on the Christian church as he pushed these beliefs onto others in his empire. Although Aurelius was known as an even handed and fair ruler he influence all those around him in his philosophical thinking.

Author: Jacob Needleman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781585426171
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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This inaugural-and all new-Tarcher Cornerstone Edition presents a stunningly relevant and reliable translation of the thoughts and aphorisms of the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, properly placing the philosopher-king's writings within the vein of the world's great religious and ethical traditions. The late antique world possessed no voice like that of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE). His private meditations on what constitutes a good life have withstood the centuries and reach us today with the same penetrating clarity and shining light as the words of Shakespeare, Emerson, or Thoreau. In this remarkable new translation, bestselling religious philosopher Jacob Needleman and classics scholar John P. Piazza have retained the depth of Marcus's perspective on life. They have carefully selected and faithfully rendered those passages that clarify Marcus's role as someone who stood within the great religious and ethical traditions that extend throughout every culture in human history. The voice that emerges from their translation is a universal one, equally recognizable to students of Christ, Buddha, the Vedas, the Talmud, and to anyone who sincerely searches for a way of meaning in contemporary life.

Author: Kevin Vost
Publisher: Angelico Press
ISBN: 1621381714
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Regardless of their sometimes ambiguous concepts of God, the Roman Stoic philosophers did acknowledge Him, but on the basis of reason alone, because they had not met Christ. Nonetheless, they did deduce from God's existence our need to live lives of virtue, honor, tranquility, and self-control--and they developed effective techniques to help us achieve this. Musonius Rufus the teacher, Epictetus the slave, Seneca the adviser to emperors, and Marcus Aurelius, the emperor himself, produced a practical technology we can use to integrate Christian ethics into our own daily practice. As Kevin Vost so wonderfully illustrates in his new book, The Porch and the Cross, the Stoics can help us learn--and remember--what is up to us, and what is up to God alone.

Author: Frank McLynn
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0786745800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 722

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Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) is one of the great figures of antiquity who still speaks to us today, more than two thousand years after his death. His Meditations has been compared by John Stuart Mill to the Sermon on the Mount. A guide to how we should live, it remains one of the most widely read books from the classical world. But Marcus Aurelius was much more than a philosopher. As emperor he stabilized the empire, issued numerous reform edicts, and defended the borders with success. His life itself represented the fulfillment of Plato's famous dictum that mankind will prosper only when philosophers are rulers and rulers philosophers. Frank McLynn's Marcus Aurelius, based on all available original sources, is the definitive and most vivid biography to date of this monumental historical figure.

Author: Joseph Ernest Renan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1988297745
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 121

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The dawn of the new century brought lots of growth to the Christian community as persecution slowed down and the community was allowed to flourish like never before. This volume details out the reigns of two Roman emperors and how their influence impacted the ever growing Christian community in the Roman Empire.

Author: Ernest Renan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apostles
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: Péter Kovács
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004166394
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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The rain and lightning miracles are the best-known events of Marcus Aurelius' northern wars. Several pagan and Christian versions existed in Antiquity. The author studies and publishes for the first time all the sources and the development of the legend from Antiquity to the 14th century.

Author: Ernest Renan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Author: Joseph Ernest Renan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1988297699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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This work had a large hand in shaping modern Biblical criticism. Using the German form of criticism in his own day Renan goes through the Gospels and examines the miracles and other aspects of the life of Jesus. Although the work denies the divinity of Christ, this documents role in shaping how we work with the Bible is significant.