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You will be struck by resemblances to our own era as you read the wise Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, the Stoic who found the great emperor-philosophe- r, the witty arguments of Lucia n, the peace in traditional customs Skeptic, who punctured so many beliefs ... the impassioned words of Justin, the Christian, willing to die for the new religion. these writings, you Through the Rome of eighteen ... KKs' : m':A mP:$ TTfflWfl Pa ON U W Li IblS MAN IN ' THE UNIVERSE mind of the of them that know," this supreme THE master Golden Age of Greece was called by the poet Dante. He was so far ahead of his era that his ideas are astonishingly timely today. he explored them all, Nature, politics, art, drama, logic, morals with a mind open to truth and a heart eager for understanding. Included is the essence of his five celebrated essays. 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