His diary , a disjointed collection of meditations, helped build his character and sustain him during his challenges. With Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius believed in living with nature , in unity and order. With a philosophy similar to Taoism , he saw the external world as an interaction between opposites. Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current. No sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
Stoicism is named after the mural-decorated porch, stoa poikele, which was found in Athens' Agora.
Students would meet there to discuss ideas and search for the moral and intellectual perfection that made a person a sage. Marcus Aurelius quotations Happiness is within your power.