Meditations: A New Translation
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4.1 • 146 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.
Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180. Some of it was written while he was positioned at Aquincum on campaign in Pannonia, because internal notes reveal that the first book was written when he was campaigning against the Quadi on the river Granova and the second book was written at Carnuntum.
Customer Reviews
Life changing
Though this was very long ago it’s still very applicable to daily life in the present moment.
Self Ethics personified
One would be hard pressed to find a better illustration of a man - an immensely important man, struggling with his own sense of ethical duty this candidly.
Marcus’s honesty here remains pristine throughout the course of these ‘discourses’ with his own self & this translation serves as an inviting road to embark upon this journey with the subject and the narrator of this absolutely timeless piece of eternal wisdom.
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It was good