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1. The correspondence is mosteasily accessed inMarcus Cornelius Fronto (2 volumes),C. R. Haines (ed.), in the Loeb Classical Library series, and theMeditations and other writings inMarcus Aurelius,C. R. Haines (ed.), also in the Loeb Classical Library series.

2. Haines 1930 p. xv. Foran in-depth study of Marcus’ self-dialogue see van Ackeren 2011vol. 1.

3. Since this purposeexplains these various features of the work, it seems preferable tothe speculation that the terse writing of theMeditations wasforced by the circumstance of being written while Marcus was wagingmilitary campaigns. At the beginning of Book II (or perhaps the end ofBook I) Marcus says that it was written on the Gran, and at thebeginning of Book III (or end of Book II), that it was written atCarnutum, both in modern day Hungary; but he does not indicateanything about the composition of the remaining ten books.

4.Section 4 below raisesdifficulties for Hadot’s characterization of (i). Gourinat 2012points out that the three disciplines are not introduced explicitlyuntil iii.9–11.

5. Cooper 2004 (see pp. 346–357) argues that in many passages Marcusspeaks, for the moment, as if he is open to the possibility ofEpicurean physics being true, and to that extent lacks reasons tobelieve that his happiness depends entirely on his own rational mentalacts. Cooper seems to think that for a Stoic, the reason to believethe claim about happiness is that a providental reason governs theworld.

6. The relationship betweenphysics and ethics in Stoicism is controversial: are the twoindependent, or is physics foundational to ethics, or do the twosupport each other? For opposing views see Annas 1993, which iscriticized in Cooper 1995 and defended in Annas 1995.