The Emperor Marcus Aurelius : $b A study in ideals — Marcus Aurelius — John Shaqi
The Emperor Marcus Aurelius : $b A study in ideals
Marcus Aurelius · en
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
In the plain text version text in italics is enclosed by underscores
(_italics_) and small capitals are represented in upper case as in SMALL
CAPS.
A number of words in this book have both hyphenated and non-hyphenated
variants. For the words with both variants present the one more used
has been kept.
Obvious punctuation and other printing errors have been corrected.
The original cover art has been modified by the transcriber and is
granted to the public domain.
* * * * *
[Illustration: “He spoke to them of the vanity of life.”] _Page 98._
The Emperor Marcus Aurelius
A STUDY IN IDEALS
BY
JOHN C. JOY, S.J.
B. HERDER
17 SOUTH BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS, MO.
CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY OF IRELAND
24 UPPER O’CONNELL STREET, DUBLIN
1913
μητρι
ὑπομνήσεως χάριν
ἀπαρχαί
_Printed by_ BROWNE AND NOLAN, LTD., _Dublin_.
CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I
PRELUDE 1
CHAPTER II
THE BOY STOIC 11
CHAPTER III
A PHILOSOPHER ON THE THRONE 30
CHAPTER IV
LIFE IN THE PALACE 44
CHAPTER V
ON THE DANUBE 55
CHAPTER VI
THE BOOK OF MEDITATIONS 68
CHAPTER VII
LAST DAYS IN ROME 81
CHAPTER VIII
“THE END OF THE OLD WORLD” 95
CHAPTER IX
THE MARTYRS OF CHRIST 106
CHAPTER X
THE PAGAN À KEMPIS 128
_Even in a palace, life may be led well!
So spake the imperial sage, purest of men,
Marcus Aurelius. But the stifling den
Of common life, where, crowded up pell-mell._
_Our freedom for a little bread we sell,
And drudge under some foolish master’s ken
Who rates us if we peer outside our pen--
Matched with a palace, is not this a hell?_
_Even in a palace! On his truth sincere
Who spake these words, no shadow ever came
And when my ill-schooled spirit is aflame._