THE WISDOM OF MARCUS AURELIUS: Selected Thoughts and Quotes for a Fulfilled Life

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus  26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calmness and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.

Murat Durmus is CEO and founder of AISOMA (a Frankfurt am Main (Germany) based company specializing in AI-based technology development and consulting) and Author of the books "Mindful AI - Reflections on Artificial Intelligence" & "A Primer to the 42 Most commonly used Machine Learning Algorithms (With Code Samples."

George Long (4 November 1800 – 10 August 1879) was an English classical scholar.