--- product_id: 389791439 title: "Harvard University Press Marcus Aurelius" price: "AED 208" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/389791439-harvard-university-press-marcus-aurelius store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # Harvard University Press Marcus Aurelius **Price:** AED 208 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Harvard University Press Marcus Aurelius - **How much does it cost?** AED 208 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/389791439-harvard-university-press-marcus-aurelius) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Harvard University Press Marcus Aurelius : Marcus Aurelius, Haines, C. R.: desertcart.ae: Books Review: I bought this for my boyfriends bday but got them damaged I bought three books all managed to be damaged not impressed Review: As described. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #162,936 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #190 in History of Ancient Rome #397 in Ethics & Morality #444 in Western Philosophy | | Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (189) | | Dimensions | 10.8 x 2.03 x 16.19 cm | | Edition | Revised | | ISBN-10 | 0674990641 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0674990647 | | Item weight | 1.05 Kilograms | | Language | English | | Print length | 448 pages | | Publication date | 1 January 1916 | | Publisher | Harvard University Press | ## Images ![Harvard University Press Marcus Aurelius - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Ih2BnxCIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ Review *by P***K on 3 March 2024* I bought this for my boyfriends bday but got them damaged I bought three books all managed to be damaged not impressed ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by E***S on 11 May 2026* As described. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by J***F on 27 April 2000* I have read several translations of this work and have found the C.R. Haines version to be the best in terms of clarity and annotation. The format is also excellent, measuring just 4 ' by 6 ' inches, making it easy to keep in your pocket for daily reading. "...when philosophers are kings and kings are philosophers..." Plato If you ever hear someone turn the phrase, "when philosophers are kings," remember this; they already were and, that's right, you missed it. You missed it by about 1,820 years, give or take a few. After some 25 or more years of training, a man born Marcus Annius Verus ascended to the Imperial throne of the Roman Empire and is known to history as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus or just Marcus Aurelius. Probably the best qualified ruler the world has known, Marcus Aurelius was a man and a ruler to whom historians most frequently point as someone who always placed the welfare of the people above all else. Marcus Aurelius, the last in a series of philosopher emperors, spent most of the last thirteen years of his life in the damp and gloomy forests along the Danube. Beset by treason, incompetence and corruption he waged relentless war on the first few of uncounted waves of barbarian invaders who would ultimately destroy the Romans so thoroughly that not even their language would survive. During this time he kept a diary of sorts. I use the word diary in the sense that Marcus wrote this book for himself alone, with no care whether any other should ever read it. He called his little book "To Himself." What Marcus ultimately produced is a sometimes scattered yet concise handbook on how to live contented under any circumstances. It is here for us to inspect, to read and learn the inner thoughts of one of the greatest philosophers and humanitarian leaders in the history of the West. There is to be found, if we are but willing to read, a definite system for controlling our thoughts and therefore our lives and our happiness. This "handbook" on how to be the source of your own happiness, commonly known as The Meditations, teaches a system of thought that, with a bit of practice, will show that you really are the only possible source of you own happiness - a source without limits and without end. This way of seeing the world also has side effects which are; greater participation in life, less frustration and little if any anxiety, anger or depression. (2007) I must add: the new translation - "The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations" by the Hicks brothers is a superb contemporary English version. There have been other attempts but they don't even come close to the work of David and C. Scot Hicks. Look it up. ## Frequently Bought Together - Marcus Aurelius (Loeb Classical Library) - Discourses, Books 1–2 (Loeb Classical Library) - Epictetus: Discourses, Books 3-4. The Encheiridion. 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