COMUNICARE INTERPERSONALĂ ȘI COMUNICARE INTRAPERSONALĂ. REFLECȚII DESPRE SCRIEREA ÎMPĂRATULUI ROMAN MARCUS AURELIUS, GÎNDURI CĂTRE SINE ÎNSUȘI
INTERPERSONAL AND INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION. REFLECTIONS ON WRITING THE COMMUNINGS WITH HIMSELF OF MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS, EMPEROR OF ROME

Author(s): Ionuţ Isac
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Cultural history, Communication studies, Ancient World, Theory of Communication
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: interpersonal communication; intrapersonal communication; the control of ego; reason; Marcus Aurelius;
Summary/Abstract: The famous writing Communing with himself of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius reveals itself to us today as a work of present interest, not only seen as a philosophical guide for the state rulerʼs life, but also under the feature of a psychological handbook sui generis that regulates the communication between rational beings and their self, and the world, in every historical time. This aspect has been grasped by Gabriel Liiceanu, who writes that Communing with himself is a treatise on techniques of improvement and restraint of oneʼs ego. But the remarkable thing is that the desideratum to acquire and improve the control on the egoʼs adverse phenomena (such as, for instance, carelessness, hatred, envy, the desire for revengeor glory etc.) applies both to sovereigns and their subjects (common people). In our view, the major consequence of this controlʼs success – in exceeding the Stoic presuppositions of Marcus Aurelius – is a better communication with others and with the self, the last one being made better just through the improvements of the first one.

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