ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΥ: ΤΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΕΑΥΤΟΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΑ ΙΒ, ΜΑΡΙΝΟΥ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΤΟΥ: ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ Η ΠΕΡΙ ΕΥΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΣ, MARCI ANTONINI IMPERATORIS ET PHILOSOPHI: DE VITA SUA LIBRI XII, MARINI NEAPOLITI: PROCLUS VEL DE FOELICITATE. LUGDUNI (LYON) 1626 Second edition.Small in 8vo,contemporary full vellum very lightly soiled,text in the original Greek with parallel Latin translation,complete,text clean and bright,some very light uniform browning in very few pages, overall in very good plus condition The work has the huge particularity to been compiled as the personal memories of the Roman emperor (who wrote in Greek !!!) and had never planned to be sometime published…. A highly distinct work in the history of Stoic philosophy. Printed in Lyon by Francis de la Bottiere, this edition is celebrated for introducing several firsts to the layout of the Meditationis. It is historically recognized as the first edition to divide Marcus Aurelius’s text into the specific chapters we use today. Prior to this, the twelve books were presented in the edition princeps of 1559 as continuous blocks of text.By 1626, the Meditations,or "To Himself", had transitioned from a rare rediscovered manuscript,as the manuscript that was based the edition of 1559 had been lost, into a cornerstone of European moral education. This edition represents the bridge between the heavy scholarly folio of the late Renaissance and the more accessible, portable format that allowed Stoicism to become a personal lifestyle philosophy for the 17th-century elite.