This work was mocked as justifying unhappiness by claiming that no one can be good in A History of Western Philosophy, especially a section in which the narrator questions "Must I die groaning?
This work was mocked as justifying unhappiness by claiming that no one can be good in A History of Western Philosophy, especially a section in which the narrator questions "Must I die groaning?" This work advocates throwing away bitter cucumbers and not questioning why briers exist. It discards Plato's communal virtue by noting that the law is common to all, so the "Universe is a kind of commonwealth." Its author quotes "thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse" in noting that he gains his appreciation of the brevity of life from Epictetus. It opens by noting that its author learned "good morals and the government of [his] temper" from his grandfather, Verus I. For 10 points, name this Stoic handbook written by Marcus Aurelius.
This work was mocked as justifying unhappiness by claiming that no one can be good in A History of Western Philosophy, especially a section in which the narrator questions "Must I die groaning?
the {Meditations} [or {Meditationes}; or {To Himself}]