Marcus Aurelius: A Life
by Frank McLynn
A full biography of the philosopher-emperor: the plague, the wars on the Danube, Commodus, and the Meditations in their historical setting. Opinionated and thorough.
Read it if…
you want the man and the empire behind the Meditations.
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Skip it if…
you want the philosophy only.
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Three things you will actually use
- Philosophy was practiced under pressure.
- Duty over preference.
- Even good emperors fail at succession.
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Read the chapters on the Marcomannic wars.
Our verdict
The emperor's life.
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