Marcus Aurelius; a biography told as much as may be by letters, together with some account of the Stoic religion and an exposition of the Roman government's attempt to suppress Christianity during Marcus's reign,

Bibliography: p. [273]-278.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The founders of stoicism -- Stoic ethics under the empire -- Boyhood and youth -- Literary society in Rome -- The study of rhetoric -- Letters between friends -- Early manhood -- From rhetoric to philosophy -- The influence of skepticism -- Other motives -- Lucius versus and the Parthian war -- The emperor Marcus at Rome -- The plague and the barbarian war -- The rebellion of Avidius Cassius -- Closing years -- Two pagan criticisms -- The Roman attitude toward Christianity -- The policy of the government -- Enforcement of the law.

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