«On sent en soi-même un plaisir secret lorsqu'on parle de cet empereur ; on ne peut lire sa vie sans une espèce d'attendrissement ; tel est l'effet qu'elle produit qu'on a meilleure opinion de soi-même, parce qu'on a meilleure opinion des hommes.» Montesquieu

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MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS was born on April 26, A. D. 121. His real name was M. Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a noble family which claimed descent from Numa, second King of Rome. Thus the most religious of emperors came of the blood of the most pious of early kings. His father, Annius Verus, had held high office in Rome, and his grandfather, of the same name, had been thrice Consul. Both his parents died young, but Marcus held them in loving remembrance. On his father's death Marcus was adopted by his grandfather, the consular Annius Verus, and there was deep love between these two. On the very first page of his book Marcus gratefully declares how of his grandfather he had learned to be gentle and meek, and to refrain from all anger and passion. The Emperor Hadrian divined the fine character of the lad, whom he used to call not Verus but Verissimus, more Truthful than his own name. He advanced Marcus to equestrian rank when six years of age, and at the age of eight made him a member of the ancient Salian priesthood.

Meditations

« Une excellente manière de te défendre d'eux, c'est d'éviter de leur ressembler. » VI, 6.

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Pensées: Livres I-VI

Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws.

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Sun Tzu. The Art of War

Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching

Plato. The Republic

Aristotle. The Athenian Constitution 

Marcus Aurelius. Meditations

Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince

Thomas More. Utopia

Tommaso Campanella. The City of the Sun

Francis Bacon. The New Atlantis

Thomas Paine. Common Sense

Richard Henry Lee. Lee Resolution

Thomas Jefferson. Declaration of Independence

James Madison.

- Virginia Plan

- Constitution of the United States

- Bill of Rights

- Northwest Ordinance

George Washington. President George Washington's First Inaugural Speech

Great Historical Documents of the United States:

- Federal Judiciary Act

- Marbury v. Madison

- Articles of Confederation

- Treaty of Alliance with France

- Treaty of Paris

John Stuart Mil. Utilitarianism

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto

Vladimir Lenin:

- The State and Revolution

- The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism

- Vladimir Lenin To the Citizens of Russia!

- Vladimir Lenin To Workers, Soldiers, and Peasants!

- Report on Peace

- Report on Land

- Decree on Abolishment of Capital Punishment

- Decree on Transfer of Power to the Soviets

- Decree on Establishment of the Workers' and Peasants' Government

- Decree on Elections for the Constituent Assembly

- Decree on Suppression of Hostile Newspapers

- Decree on Transfer of Food Control to Municipalities

- Decree on an Eight-Hour Working Day

- Decree on the Right to Issue Laws

- Resolution on the Right of Sovnarkom to Issue Decrees

- Decree on Social Insurance

- Declaration of the Rights of the People of Russia

- Decree on Organization of Volost Land Committees

- Decree on Transfer of Power and the Means of Production to the Toilers

- Decree Proclaiming Advertising a State Monopoly

- Decree Abolishing Classes and Civil Ranks

- Decree on Workers' Control

- Resolution on Relation of the Central Executive Committee to the Sovnarkom

- Decree on the Right to Call for Re-Elections

- Decree on Establishment of the Extraordinary Commission to Fight Counter-Revolution

- V. I. Lenin Note To F. E. Dzerzhinsky with a Draft of A Decree On Fighting Counter-Revolutionaries And Saboteurs

Rosa Luxemburg. Reform or Revolution

Peter Kropotkin. The Conquest of Bread

Emma Goldman. Anarchism: What It Really Stands For

Leon Trotsky. Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It

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We live in an era rife with cultural conflict. The 21st century is by no means free of wars, terrorism, riots, famine, nor epidemics. We may attempt to solve the challenges of our times by uniting the humanistic disciplines of philosophy, science, and technology. Our modern reality requires a fundamental understanding of the problems beleaguering our existence. Science and literature are key tools for gaining this insight. The wisdom accumulated throughout the centuries by scientists, philosophers, and writers is a solid foundation on which modern man can build the future. Our ability to learn from those who have come before is precisely what led Protagoras to declare that "Man is the measure of all things."

Contents:

Poetics by Aristotle

The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle

On Life and Death by Aristotle

Agamemnon by Aeschylus

The Eumenides by Aeschylus

The Choephori by Aeschylus

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Medea by Euripides

The Works and Days by Hesiod

The Theogony by Hesiod

The Shield of Heracles by Hesiod

The Odyssey by Homer

The Apology of Socrates by Plato

Charmides by Plato

Crito by Plato

Euthyphro by Plato

Ion by Plato

Laches by Plato

Lysis by Plato

Menexenus by Plato

The Republic by Plato

The Allegory of the Cave by Plato

Symposium by Plato

Meno by Plato

Phaedo by Plato

Critias by Plato

The Complete Poems by Sappho

Antigone by Sophocles

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Marcus Aurelius var kendt som filosoffen på kejsertronen, da han skrev en lang række stoiske aforismer på græsk under sine mange felttog. Aforismerne er samlet i værket Ta eis heauton (Tanker til sig selv). Hans filosofi er præget af en beskeden og værdig holdning til livets tilskikkelser. En del af hans tanker ligner kristendommens, som han i øvrigt bekæmpede. Lighederne skyldes, at også kristendommens var påvirket af stoicismen.

Tanker til sig selv

This book is about my experiences in the London Ambulance Service. I joined the Patient Transport Service in July 1989 and left after 20 years of service, in 2009. I then moved to Devon and worked in the South Western Ambulance Service, in their control room for three years, before retiring. This book is something I felt I had to do as it was always in the back of my mind. Not for fame or fortune, (fat chance) it's just a story of my experiences that I felt had to be told. My book is about some of the calls that I attended, and include: the elderly, murder, hangings, mental illness, fires and other situations, as well as my time with the Patient Transport Service. I hope you enjoy this small insight into a very satisfying and rewarding job - an immensely important job in our society as are the other emergency services. I moved away from my busy Lavender Hill station in 2002. Therefore, all the emergency calls I attended, all take place during the period I worked there, and at my first station, and other stations where I worked overtime. All the calls take place in London. My book is not indicative of the majority of staff within this service. As with every organisation, there will always be bad apples - and those bad apples can infect the good ones. My book has and each chapter is preceded with a Tanka[1] and/or other poem, a sketch or an illustration. I am very different to other people in that I am an I. N. F. J. and also have something called Synaesthesia. Some of my stories are told with the benefit of hindsight, and what was discovered, and heard at coroner's court, and my being an I. N. F. J.. My senses are so acute that I can absorb their energy, (good and bad) hear their thoughts, and feel their feelings, its awful most of the time, as most people are very unhappy, and have many problems. It's almost comparable to the reading of people's minds, but not quite. Consequently, I go to quiet places to shop, and at the quietest times. I also tend to be alone most of the time, sit in a park, or a beach, so that I can recharge myself. I also have synaesthesia, which has several forms. Its basic definition is the production of a sense impression, relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense, or part of the body. I will add a snippet of a poem, that can best describe what I have always been like. It's called "Life changes". Life changesI have always been susceptible to odd things, Strange phenomena, Since I was little I knew what was to be saidlook at someone and know them, know their life, I remember, I predicted over 12 plane crashes, Between the ages of 23 - 40 "it" disappeared, At some point in the ambulance service "it" reappeared, I knew things I shouldn't know, I could "feel" people's pain, Their grief, their sorrow, I knew when they hurt, and gave them comfort, And they knew, I knew.

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Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161180). A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcuss insights and advice--on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others--have made the Meditations required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. For anyone who struggles to reconcile the demands of leadership with a concern for personal integrity and spiritual well-being, the Meditations remains as relevant now as it was two thousand years ago.
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