Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations: Book of the Month
- Filed under: Book of the Month
- Date: May 1,2008
Photo by David Paul OhmerThe book of the month for May 2008 will be Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations. A book of a Roman Emperor’s philosophies. Aurelius never intended his writing to become a book, but rather more or less a journal. Aurelius may be surprised to see book read in many introductory philosophy courses.
I would love to spend a month discussing Marcus Aurelius and his Meditations. It will be the beginning of a continuous series of academic discussions.
Academic Discussions
I intend to make this a continuous series on University Scholar. My plan is to each month choose an interesting topic, do some research, and post what I have found. I would love for this to be a community discussion among a large portion of students and student bloggers. If you have an idea for a possible topic to discuss please send the idea my way. We could discuss topics from music, art, psychology, literature, mathematics, chemistry, or even history of cinema.
I am not sure how exactly the discussions will start or how they will evolve, but I look forward to them. My hope is the discussions will allow us to become multi-disciplinary students. I have not actually taken a philosophy course, so by no means am I claiming to be an expert. If a state something incorrectly please correct me.
If you want to write a guest post for the topic or would like me to link to your own post on the topic, just contact me. Also if you come across an interesting article I would love it if you would send me the link. The more who participate the better the discussion will be.
Below is a link to purchase Meditations at Amazon.com, but because Meditations is part of the public domain by the end of the weekend I will post a free copy of Meditations on University Scholar.
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One Response for "Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations: Book of the Month"
Top idea Michael, I was speaking to a North African guy in the gym yesterday who was baffled that in the UK we will smile at each other while we perform excercises badly. I pointed out to him that while I was socially comfortable to approach someone, I didn’t want to try to instruct them only for them to be more knowledgeable as I have only been training for 12 months or so.
His response was that he would be delighted in this situation as they would be able to instruct him.
I think if you undertake a project like this you might come under some flak, irrespective of how much grace you ask for. Please don’t be dissuaded; I love the idea and think that University (in the UK) should encourage multi-disciplinary learning much more, as is the prevalent in Germany (I’m told).
I’d be happy to write a few guest pieces on mechanics if you are interested!
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