Review article
https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life
Claudiu Marius Mesaroș
orcid.org/0000-0001-8940-7584
; West University of Timișoara, Bulevardul Vasile Pârvan 4, RO–300223 Timișoara
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APA 6th Edition
Mesaroș, C.M. (2020). Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life. Synthesis philosophica, 35 (2), 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
MLA 8th Edition
Mesaroș, Claudiu Marius. "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 35, no. 2, 2020, pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206. Accessed 6 May 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Mesaroș, Claudiu Marius. "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life." Synthesis philosophica 35, no. 2 (2020): 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Harvard
Mesaroș, C.M. (2020). 'Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life', Synthesis philosophica, 35(2), pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Vancouver
Mesaroș CM. Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2024 May 06];35(2):367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
IEEE
C.M. Mesaroș, "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life", Synthesis philosophica, vol.35, no. 2, pp. 367-377, 2020. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
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APA 6th Edition
Mesaroș, C.M. (2020). Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life. Synthesis philosophica, 35 (2), 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
MLA 8th Edition
Mesaroș, Claudiu Marius. "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 35, no. 2, 2020, pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206. Accessed 6 May 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Mesaroș, Claudiu Marius. "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life." Synthesis philosophica 35, no. 2 (2020): 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Harvard
Mesaroș, C.M. (2020). 'Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life', Synthesis philosophica, 35(2), pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Vancouver
Mesaroș CM. Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2024 May 06];35(2):367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
IEEE
C.M. Mesaroș, "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life", Synthesis philosophica, vol.35, no. 2, pp. 367-377, 2020. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
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APA 6th Edition
Mesaroș, C.M. (2020). Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life. Synthesis philosophica, 35 (2), 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
MLA 8th Edition
Mesaroș, Claudiu Marius. "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 35, no. 2, 2020, pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206. Accessed 6 May 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Mesaroș, Claudiu Marius. "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life." Synthesis philosophica 35, no. 2 (2020): 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Harvard
Mesaroș, C.M. (2020). 'Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life', Synthesis philosophica, 35(2), pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Vancouver
Mesaroș CM. Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2024 May 06];35(2):367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
IEEE
C.M. Mesaroș, "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life", Synthesis philosophica, vol.35, no. 2, pp. 367-377, 2020. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Full text: french pdf 342 Kb
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cite
APA 6th Edition
Mesaroș, C.M. (2020). Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life. Synthesis philosophica, 35 (2), 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
MLA 8th Edition
Mesaroș, Claudiu Marius. "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 35, no. 2, 2020, pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206. Accessed 6 May 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Mesaroș, Claudiu Marius. "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life." Synthesis philosophica 35, no. 2 (2020): 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Harvard
Mesaroș, C.M. (2020). 'Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life', Synthesis philosophica, 35(2), pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Vancouver
Mesaroș CM. Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2024 May 06];35(2):367-377. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
IEEE
C.M. Mesaroș, "Marcus Aurelius and the Community of Philosophical Life", Synthesis philosophica, vol.35, no. 2, pp. 367-377, 2020. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35206
Abstract
In the paper, I focus on the historical background of contemporary philosophical practice by pointing out certain aspects of Marcus Aurelius’ philosophical education, especially daily routines carried out during his early childhood, passed on to him by his teachers. I will argue in favour of the idea that certain practices can be structured as a part of the life of a philosophical community. My analysis relies on Hadot’s interpretations of the philosophical ideal of Marcus Aurelius, identified with figures as Cato the Younger, Rogatianus and Aulus Gellius, to emphasise the idea that the dedication to philosophy in the case of Marcus Aurelius was the result of a long process of engaging in spiritual activities suggested by the teachers to whom he pays tribute in the first book of the Meditations. The idea is suggesting that each of these teachers, influenced by Epictetus, encouraged specific virtues to be instantiated in daily practice during Marcus Aurelius’ formative years as a tribute to the Hellenistic conception of philosophy as “care for the soul”. Thus, without being historiographical research as such, the paper attempts to offer a resource for a contemporary philosophical practitioner on the nature of philosophical counselling, by providing historical resources for contemporary philosophical practice, as well as a form of introduction to philosophical counselling for non-practitioners, illustrating stoic philosophical counselling at work.
Keywords
philosophical life; Marcus Aurelius; Meditations; Pierre Hadot; philosophical community
Hrčak ID:
254034
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/254034
Publication date:
29.12.2020.
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