In A.D. 175, a courier presented the emperor Marcus Aurelius with a letter from the Roman Senate. The news was not good: Marcus had been betrayed by the military commander Avidius Cassius ...

Marcus Aurelius would never hit snooze. Ben Franklin loved to sit in the nude. These historical figures had serious opinions on how to start the morning right. Even history's most accomplished ...

The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled from 161 to 180 A.D. and has maintained the reputation for being the ideal wise leader whom Plato called a "philosopher king." His book "Meditations" has ...

While it might be tempting to think of Marcus Aurelius (AD121-80) as a philosopher-king, it would be a mistake. Marcus was a philosophically inclined Roman emperor, but not a philosopher-king in ...

Donald Trump, meet Marcus Aurelius. Trump’s selection of retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary is a red carpet moment, too, for the philosophical Roman emperor whose book ...

Learning to sleep under the stern gaze of Marcus Aurelius. By Megan Margulies “Absolutely not,” I told my husband from the bed as he tried to find the right place on his dresser for Marcus ...

This equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is one of only two surviving bronze statues of a pre-Christian Roman emperor. Source: Pixabay/StevoLeBlanc Stoic philosophy has exerted an important ...

If you’re having a morning like that, stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius suggests you look to your true nature as a human being. We are animals, living things that are a part of nature ...