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On the genre of Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius has intrigued me for some time. I have yet to read any of Seneca's work though but imagine that it is any bit as much
by manjana 7y ago
On the genre of Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius has intrigued me for some time. I have yet to read any of Seneca's work though but imagine that it is any bit as much quality(!).
I would like to add a candidate for the recommendation on Stoic philosophy - "Meditations by Marcus Aurelius".
- cannonedhamster 7y agoMeditations is great. Seneca's letters are better I think.
- Scarblac 7y agoMeditations disappointed me, it was so obviously never meant as a coherent whole. Just long lists of notes in more or less random order, lots of repetition, not everything intelligible, few things applicable. I think reading a randomly selected 1/6th of Meditations gives more or less the same experience as reading all of it.
- andyjohnson0 7y agoI find it great to dip into. Open at random and read a page. Like you said, it's just not meant to be read as a whole.