What would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to lead If recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative example. But that insight is hardly new. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Suetonius wrote Lives of the Caesars, perhaps the greatest negative leadership book of all time. He was ideally suited to write about terrible political leaders; after all, he was also the author of Famous Prostitutes and Words of Insult, both sadly lost. In How to Be a Bad Emperor, Josiah Osgood provides crisp new translations of Suetonius's briskly paced, darkly comic biographies of the Roman emperors Julius Caesar, Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero. Entertaining and shocking, the stories of these ancient anti-role models show how power.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE?. 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. to survive from antiquity. Weight: 294g.
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This book explores the morals, ideas and political strategies of Julius Caesar and Tiberius, two powerful rulers with distinct approaches to governance. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
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Background and Context: Cicero and Aquinasi. The Comparative Settingiii. Biographical Sketch of Ciceroiv. Nature and the Natural Order in Cicero and Aquinasi. Nature as Truth, Science and the Natural Orderiii.
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Practical Ethics for Roman Gentlemen – The Work of Valerius Maximus 9780859894777 Brand New
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ISBN-13: 9780521105798, 978-0521105798. This book looks at the aristocratic adoption of Roman ideals in eighteenth-century English culture and thought. The historical fact of a Roman Britain lent an added authenticity to a new 'Roman' present constructed by Lord Burlington and his circle.
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He was converted to Stoicism and henceforward studied and practised philosophy and law. It is a central text for students of Stoicism as well as a unique personal guide to the moral life. The item is a book Hardback.
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The essence of perennial Stoic wisdom in aphorisms of stunning insight and simplicity. This is to ensure that you receive each item as soon as possible. We do not accept P.O. Boxes. Get In Touch. Paperback 96 pages.
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Yet the clarity and ease of the work's style are deceptive. Hadot probes Marcus Aurelius's guidelines and convictions and discerns the hitherto unperceived conceptual system that grounds them. The soul, the guiding principle within us, is in Marcus Aurelius's Stoic philosophy an inviolable stronghold of freedom, the "inner citadel.".
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Yet the clarity and ease of the work's style are deceptive. Hadot probes Marcus Aurelius's guidelines and convictions and discerns the hitherto unperceived conceptual system that grounds them. The soul, the guiding principle within us, is in Marcus Aurelius's Stoic philosophy an inviolable stronghold of freedom, the "inner citadel.".
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Authors: Marcus Aurelius. Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks. The picture may not reflect the books condition or specific edition. We take pride in serving you. A copy that has been previously owned. Used Book Condition.
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ISBN-13: 9780691183657, 978-0691183657. A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divine Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods?from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods, and ancestral spirits.
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The Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca 4 BCE-65 CE recorded his moral philosophy and reflections on life as a highly original kind of correspondence. The Title is Letters on Ethics : To Lucilius.
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Written by the Roman emperor for his own private guidance and self-admonition, the Meditations set forth principles for living a good and just life. Hadot probes Marcus Aurelius’s guidelines and convictions and discerns the hitherto unperceived conceptual system that grounds them.
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Author:-William J. Alban Sheehy. This book or booklet is an officially approved reproduction, produced as a pre-print edition of the original work. It is printed on demand and may contain occasional imperfections, such as missing or blurred pages, poor-quality images, or stray marks.
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Title:-On the Shortness of Life and the Happy Life. Format:-Trade Paperback.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.
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Author:-Samuel B. Smith (Ex-Priest). This book or booklet is an officially approved reproduction, produced as a pre-print edition of the original work. It is printed on demand and may contain occasional imperfections, such as missing or blurred pages, poor-quality images, or stray marks.
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