Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, and Stoicism

Please read the first book of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

In class, we will view an excerpt from Gladiator, in which Richard Harris portrays Aurelius. The movie's depiction of characters is roughly accurate, but the plot is a fabrication. Wikipedia has a page that explains the similarities and differences between the movie and actual historical record.

Extra credit for those bothering to read this post: Vote in the Stoic and Epicurean polls to the right and comment on this post so I know who voted. I am checking to see if you're making use of this site!!

2 comments:

jordan F. said...

jordan fremmerlid voted:)

Stacey Whitten said...

sam whitten voted