Marcus Aurelius Part I: The Caelian Hill Births an Emperor
βUntil philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophize, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincideβ¦cities will have no rest from evils, nor, I think, will the human race.β - Plato, Republic A note from Marian Vermeulen (author): I am a longtime lover of Marcus Aurelius. His picture is on the [...]