The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

`brings the philosopher-emperor persuasively back into the reckoning as a complex but accessible thinker of genuine distinction' Peter Jones, The Times `only the eye of love could have discerned all that is here so ingeniously and persuasively conveyed to the reader. For these volumes, R. deserves gratitude from all of us and, from the Emperor, a chapter to himself in Book I of the "Meditations".' Classical Review `[Rutherford's] reading of both the ancient and the modern literature is exceptionally wide-ranging; he has provided a compendious source of reference for any student of the Meditations' Times Literary Supplement 'outstanding for careful analysis, elegance and the astonishing range and depth of learning with which he finds precedents or analogies for the substance and style of Marcus' reflections' P.A. Brunt, Brasenose College, Oxford, Journal of Roman Studies, LXXX, 90 'This fine and highly learned study will without doubt and deservedly be the standard-work on the subject for many years to come ... R., in his striving for revealing the richness of Marcus' Meditations, has produced an extremely varied and rich monograph himself, which will render good service to a broad range of classical studies.' Paul M.M. Leunissen, Mnemosyne, Vol. XLV, Fasc. 1 (1992)