Meditations (The Concise Classic): Timeless Wisdom Distilled

Hardback Published on: 28/08/2025
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Synopsis

Find clarity, resilience and purpose - without getting lost in the text.

Marcus Aurelius' Meditations is a timeless Stoic classic, widely considered one of the most important works in Western philosophy - but it isn't always easy to grasp.

This concise edition makes it crystal clear.

It distils the most powerful passages into short, focused selections, each paired with clear, modern commentary from bestselling author Gill Hasson - so you don't just read it, you understand it.

Focused on the ideas that matter most today, it cuts through complexity to give you insight you can absorb quickly and apply straight away.

Read in moments. Understand for life.

WHY NOT EXPLORE FURTHER CONCISE CLASSICS FROM THIS SERIES?
Also available: Think and Grow Rich, The Art of War, The Prophet and Autobiography of a Yogi.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: John Murray Press
  • ISBN: 9781399821483
  • Number of pages: 256
  • Dimensions: 132 x 200 x 22 mm
  • Weight: 300g
  • Languages: English

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Meditations
Meditations
This book will soon become an essential item to carry around with you for a quick glance now and again - solace and wisdom can seldom be found so readily i... READ MORE
WillPope
Meditations
Relevant today
I've been curious about this book for a long time but kept putting it off, thinking it would be too dense and too hard to read. Wrong! I'm left with a visi... READ MORE
Dawn Lewis
Meditations
The struggle to he a stoic
The meditations are a collection of his thoughts and notes written for himself. So not a systematic philosophy that you will find in other works. You'll re... READ MORE
Rod Whiting
Meditations
Essential reading
This quickly became one of my top 3 book recommendations. For me it legitimised and affirmed my way of thinking, it was also a strange yet comforting feeli... READ MORE
John Oakley
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More than an Emperor
His words are stuck with me every day, and it made me a person to implement good values into my life. Life changing.
Jack Stylianou
Meditations
As relevant today as it was thousands of years ago. This versions annotations add excellent additional colour.
It is a gift to read the inner dialog of an emperor of Rome and to see that he shares the same challenges as we all do today. Even with all of his relative... READ MORE
Tony Grout