Meditations — Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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• Philippus, founder of the Macedonian supremacy, and father of Alexander the Great. ¶695
• Phocion, an Athenian general and statesman, a noble and high-minded man, 4th century B.C. ¶696
• He was called by Demosthenes, "the pruner of my periods." ¶697
• He was put to death by the State in 317, on a false suspicion, and left a message for his son "to bear no grudge against the Athenians." ¶698
• Plato of Athens, 429-347 B.C. He used the dialectic method invented by his master Socrates. ¶700
• He was, perhaps, as much poet as philosopher. He is generally identified with the Theory of Ideas, that things are what they are by participation with our eternal Idea. His "Commonwealth" was a kind of Utopia. ¶701
• Platonics, followers of Plato. ¶702
• Pompeii, near Mount Vesuvius, buried in the eruption of 79 A. D. ¶703
• Pompeius, C. Pompeius Magnus, a very successful general at the end of the Roman Republic (106-48 B.C.). ¶704
• Pythagoras of Samos, a philosopher, scientist, and moralist of the 6th century B.C. ¶706
• M. Aurelius carried on war against them, and part of this book was written in the field. ¶708
• Rusticus, Q. Junius, or Stoic philosopher, twice made consul by M. Aurelius. ¶710
• Salaminius, Book 7, XXXVII. Leon of Sala-mis. Socrates was ordered by the Thirty Tyrants to fetch him before them, and Socrates, at his own peril, refused. ¶712
• Sarmatae, a tribe dwelling in Poland. ¶713
• Sceptics, a school of philosophy founded by Pyrrho (4th contury B.C.). He advocated "suspension of judgment," and taught the relativity of knowledge and impossibility of proof. The school is not unlike the Agnostic school. ¶715
• Scipio, the name of two great soldiers, P. Corn. Scipio Africanus, conqueror of Hannibal, and P. ¶716
• Corn. Sc. Afr. Minor, who came into the family by adoption, who destroyed Carthage. ¶717
• Secutoriani (a word coined by C.), the Sececutores, light-armed gladiators, who were pitted against others with net and trident. ¶718
• Sextus of Chaeronea, a Stoic philosopher, nephew of Plutarch. ¶719
• Socrates, an Athenian philosopher (469-399 B.C.), founder of the dialectic method. Put to death on a trumped-up charge by his countrymen. ¶722
• Stint, limit (without implying niggardliness). ¶723
• THEOPHRASTUS, a philosopher, pupil of Aristotle, and his successor as president of the Lyceum. He wrote a large number of works on philosophy and natural history. Died 287 B.C. ¶725
• Thrasea, P. Thrasea Pactus, a senator and Stoic philosopher, a noble and courageous man. He was condemned to death by Nero. ¶726
• Tiberius, 2nd Roman Emperor (14-31 AD.). He spent the latter part of his life at Capreae (Capri), off Naples, in luxury or debauchery, neglecting his imperial duties. ¶727
• Trajan, 13th Roman Emperor, 52-117 A.D. ¶729
• VERUS, Lucius Aurelius, colleague of M. Aurelius in the Empire. ¶730
• He married Lucilla, daughter of M. A., and died 169 A.D. ¶731
• Vespasian, 9th Roman Emperor XENOCRATES of Chalcedon, 396-314 B.C., a philosopher, and president of the Academy. ¶732

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