Drawing on Stoic philosophy, Marcus confronts challenges that affect us all in our struggle to live meaningful lives. This edition includes a selection of Marcus' correspondence with his tutor Fronto which complements the Meditations.

Seneca's Letters are a treasure of practical wisdom on how to live and enjoy life.

This selection of Cicero's letters not merely documents in detail Cicero's career but simultaneously provides a month-by-month record of the collapse of the republic and its replacement by a tyranny.

In this volume, Farquharson's work is brought up to date and supplied with an introduction and notes for the student and general reader.