Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Overview
The Meditations - Main Features
Is There a Core Project?
Marcus' Ethical Framework
Confronting Death and Transience
Ethics and Other Branches of Philosophy: Psychology
Ethics and Other Branches of Philosophy: the Universe
INTRODUCTION TO BOOK 1
Note on the Text and Translation
TRANSLATION, Books 1 - 6
COMMENTARY, Books 1 - 6
Bibliography
List of Main Themes in Meditations 1-6
Index Locorum
General Index

About the Author

Christopher Gill is Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter. His interests focus on Greek and Roman ethics and psychology, including ancient ideas of personality and self, and the philosophical therapy of emotions. He is also concerned with the relationship between ancient and modern ideas on these topics. He has published a number of monographs and edited volumes on these subjects, especially with Oxford University Press.