Alone with myself. Aurelius M.

Mark Aurelius - the Roman emperor from the Antonin dynasty, a philosopher, a follower of the epictate, the last of the five good emperors. After death, Marcus Aurelius was officially deified. The time of his reign is considered in the ancient historical tradition of the Golden Age. Mark Aurelius is called the "philosopher on the throne." The emperor left philosophical records - 12 “books” written in the Greek (chapters), which are usually combined into one publication “alone with themselves”.

, being a representative of the late Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius pays the greatest attention in his philosophy of ethics. The main thing in his notes is the assessment of life from the philosophical and moral side and advice on how to relate to it. The previous tradition of stoicism distinguished the body and soul in man, Marcus Aurelius also adds to them the mind, which considers the dominant beginning. According to his philosophy, one must strive to achieve complete impassivity. Only then can happiness gain happiness in harmony with universal mind.

The writer's talent of Marcus Aurelius, and also the philosophy of stoicism never losing relevance made “alone with them” one of the key works in Roman literature and history, which is read with interest now.