By Barry Vickers
Podcast by Barry Vickers LL.B
Hello again everyone. I was very pleased to have visited Rome last week, and thought you might enjoy some of the photographs that I took in, and outside the Capitoline Museum. The Equestrian Statue of Marcus, which I was very...
In the final episode, Marcus covers a range of areas, declaring with certainty that the Gods exist, that we are all one collective soul, and gives us a nice perspective on our lives measured against the vastness of eternity, and...
In this penultimate book, Marcus discloses the 4 dispositions of the mind to be aware of and rectify, and he also gives us 10 heads or contemplations /maxims to live according to (9 of his own, and 1 that he...
Marcus explores the idea of Truth, Modesty and Goodness. He encourages us to teach others as kinsmen (or to die), and where appropriate, to collect ourselves. He also shares a joke: “What is it that is slow, and yet quick?...
Marcus explores and substantiates his assertion that injustice is against nature, also the sin of omission (for example failing to teach someone their error is our sin), and that we are all naturally reasonable creatures, but that we forget this....
Some 1500 years before Sir Isaac Newton undertook his exploration of light, Marcus was also trying to understand it. His conclusions (for me) evoke echoes of the jurisprudence of the light of natural reason of Thomas Aquinas, and also reminds...
Book Seven covers a range of topics in a journey from wickedness to tranquility. Marcus explores what wickedness truly means, and scoffs at the idea of eliminating it, concluding instead that the best we can do is restrain it, with...
In this book, Marcus speaks of the common good, lists some of his heroes, and concludes that we live in a rational, all-connected universe in perpetual flux and regeneration, and to rejoice in seeing the best in others. Although he...
Book Five, in which Marcus encourages us to stir from bed, do our duty with courage, and to self-examine our actions, without seeking reward or recompense, is now ready at the following link: http://goo.gl/L7NWlY
Book Four is ready now. In this book, Marcus describes how to (as I would put it) "get Zen". In an episode about acceptance of the vastness of eternity, the vanity of seeking fame, and the consideration of the world...
This podcast episode gives a little background information on Marcus, and on the Golden Book: http://goo.gl/L7NWlY I've numbered this episode as number 13, but you haven't missed any episodes, I'd just like to keep numbers 1-12 for the books. Please...
Podcast episode 3 of Book Three is now ready at the following link. In this book, Marcus tells us some stories of Hippocrates, Alexander and others, and makes an interesting reference to “God” perhaps suggesting that he was monotheistic (although...
Book two, in which Marcus discusses life, death, the fleetingness of time and the universe in the natural order of things, is now ready at the link below. Book two is my favourite, so I hope you enjoy it too....
Hi everyone, Book one, wherein Marcus records what and from whom, whether parents, friends, masters or the gods; by their good examples, or good advice and counsel he had learned, is now ready at the link below: http://goo.gl/L7NWlY
