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• Introduction
• A Note On the Text
• Acknowledgments
• The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
• Introduction Containing Some of the Most Memorable Passages, Preserv’d, of the Life of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus.
• Book I
• Book Ii
• Book Iii
• Book Iv
• Book V
• Book Vi
• Book Vii
• Book Viii
• Book Ix
• Book X
• Book Xi
• Book Xii
• Errata *
• Maxims of the Stoics
• Gataker’s Apology and Bibliography

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In the preparation of this volume we have enjoyed the cooperation and assistance of many individuals and institutions. David Weston of the Department of Special Collections of the University of Glasgow made available to us the text of the Glasgow edition of 1742. Moira Mackenzie and Elizabeth Henderson, Keeper of Rare Books at the University of St. Andrews, brought to our attention the copy of The Meditations, published in Glasgow in 1744, that was presented to the university by Francis Hutcheson, along with other classical texts, “as a testimony of his Regard for the Honour they had done him” in conferring upon him, in 1746, the degree of LL.D. We are also obliged to Raynald Lepage and the staff of the Department of Rare Books at McGill University; to the Special Collections Library at the University of Exeter; and to Judy Appleby, Wendy Knechtel, and the librarians of Concordia University who assisted us in various ways.

A number of our fellow scholars have provided assistance and advice. We are particularly grateful for the contributions of Edward Andrew, Donald Baronowski, Daniel Carey, Aaron Garrett, Frederick Rosen, Sandy Stewart, and Luigi Turco. Finally, we are indebted to Knud Haakonssen for his encouragement and for his sense of urgency, a quality that contributed in no small way to bring our work on this volume to a conclusion.