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In 1824 he was elected professor of ancient languages in the new University of Virginia at Charlottesville, but after four years returned to England as the first professor of Greek at the newly founded University College in London. [1] Long owned (or possibly hired) a slave named Jacob while he was at the University.
George Long (November 4, 1800 – August 10, 1879) was an English classical scholar. Long was born at Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, and educated at Macclesfield Grammar School, St John's College, Cambridge and later Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Mar 1, 2024 · George Long (November 4, 1800 – August 10, 1879) was an English classical scholar, historian and translator. Among other works, he translated of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (1862), the Discourses of Epictetus (1877), Plutarch's Lives (1844–1848) and was the author of the Decline of the Roman Republic (1864–1874), the ...
George Long (1800-1879) was an English classic scholar, editor, and translator. 1 Item Sort By Position Price Title Publication Date Set Ascending Direction
←. Author Index: Lo. George Long. (1800–1879) →. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, quotes, Wikidata item. English classical scholar and editor of the Penny Cyclopedia . This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .
Aug 10, 2023 · Separated into twelve chapters, Marcus Aurelius’s famous philosophical work provides a clear insight into the stoic philosophy that was prevalent during the Roman Empire. Presented here is the unmodified 1862 George Long translation published under the original title The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus.
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Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe.
