Emperor Marcus Aurelius - Essay Example

The Emperor was quite justified in the fact that it is not, at least, fair, to blame the other for the faultiness of your deeds. On the contrary, Marcus Aurelius believed that the person who caused the event was the only, and the only one, the reason for the event.

Furthermore, it was in the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius that a non-educated individual should not suffer from a lack of knowledge. On the contrary, it is the responsibility of the educated ones to either treat the poor knowledge sympathetically or to help him\her in obtaining the knowledge.

Marcus Aurelius was always trying to educate and empower his nation, and such tendencies seem to be coming from the philosophical views of the Emperor. The Stoic thoughts he followed helped his rule to be more liberal and humanistic. At the same time, I believe, Aurelius’ ideas did not let the Emperor execute his power in its full force – blaming one single individual means missing the influential context of the external environment formed by the society and the Emperor in particular. Blaming on a single individual for a single fault, therefore, means transferring responsibility for the fault from the society and the Emperor onto one person.