Modern people don't often think positively of emperors, kings, or any other figure who holds exclusive rule, whether that figure is ruling over a city or a nation. They generally regard such men (and some women) as tyrants and brutal dictators, even if their actions don't grant such attitudes. Modern minds like to think of democracy as the one and only option for governing, divined to them by the gods. And who could blame them? For as long as anyone can remember they've been watching many of their rulers screw things up with little regard for the well-being of the people. It's hard for many to even imagine that there might have one day been a time in which a truly wise, just, and great ruler had ever existed. If they look deeply into the past, however, they might find that such a man has ruled on this Earth.

Contributor Anthony Domke presents the charismatic Roman Emperor and philosophical thinker Marcus Aurelius, shedding new light on a naturally born genius, whose ideas still today urge us to develop ourselves and make most out of life while we can.

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