Synopsis
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121 180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161 and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others. Consequently, the Meditations have become required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Everyman
- ISBN: 9781857150551
- Number of pages: 256
- Dimensions: 210 x 130 x 20 mm
- Weight: 414g
- Languages: English
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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
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
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
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
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.
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