Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Jan 2015 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

Wisdom from one of the greatest philosophical minds in all of Roman history

Divided into twelve books, these meditations chronicle Aurelius’s personal quest for self-improvement. This enduring text from one of history’s greatest warriors and leaders has been compared to St. Augustine’s Confessions for its timelessness, clarity, and candor. These writings, composed between 161 and 180 CE, set forth Aurelius’s Stoic philosophy and stress the importance of acting in a way that is moral and just rather than self-indulgent.

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Ratings and reviews

It's a phenomenal book, but the experience of reading it is ruined by the fact that for some reason the author thoughts that writing it in an obscure medieval style English would make it look better. Philosophy is already a difficult subject to read,. To make it more difficult with obsolete words like "thou" only makes the subject more inaccessible to other people

A book that will leave you speecheless whilst reading, thou must needs to understand the book with an open mind and let it flow, HE was a genius, theres so much you will think of while reading, a lot of things which you may think of about your life while reading.

Marcus Aurelius's meditations documents a profound and unique elaboration about morality and justice which I found rather inspirational and interesting.

About the author

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE) was a soldier and a philosopher considered to be the last of the Five Good Emperors of Rome. During his reign, Rome saw more military victories than ever before. Aurelius defeated the Parthian Empire and fought the Marcomanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians with success despite the encroaching Germanic tribes.