Announcing Marcus Aurelius Anniversary Event
You are invited to join our special symposium on the life and philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, the famous Stoic Roman Emperor. This virtual event, hosted by will take place on 26th April, to commemorate his birthday. Register today, via EventBrite, and join me and Dr. John Sellars, as we discuss what we can learn from the Stoic philosophy of Marcus Aurelius to improve our lives today, in the modern world.
John is an academic philosopher, currently a Reader in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London, a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London. He is also the chair of Modern Stoicism, and on the board of the Aurelius Foundation. We have both written several books about Stoicism, including recent ones on Marcus Aurelius.
John is the author of Marcus Aurelius for Routledge's Philosophy in the Ancient World series, wrote an introduction for Farquharson's translation of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius for Macmillan Collector's Library, and he is the editor of the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. I have written three books on Marcus Aurelius: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, a self-help book based on him; Verissimus, a graphic novel about his life; and the forthcoming biography of him for Yale University Press’ Ancient Lives series.
The format of this event will be an informal “fireside chat”, with two authors who have studied the life and philosophy of Marcus Aurelius in depth. John and I will be chatting about Marcus for an hour, followed by half an hour of Q&A from the audience. So you will have an opportunity to ask us your burning questions!
Get your ticket now, and join us. We’ll be using this opportunity to test out Streamyard, as an alternative platform to Zoom. So we’re hoping that will allow for a more seamless event, and better interaction with the audience. We’re hoping to get at least five hundred people attending, so please tell your friends. Tickets are free but if you want to donate to support The Plato’s Academy Centre nonprofit, that helps ensure we can continue providing events like this in the future. Many thanks!
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