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Thank you for the list. What made you decide to go on this journey? How have this process changed you?

by tra3 7y ago

kashyapc 7y ago
I first heard of Marcus Aurelius more than five years ago when I was reading a book called "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience", by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced as Me-High Chick-Sent-Me-High)—itself a book I highly recommend; he spent his entire career devoted to this topic. That made me wanted explore Stoicism to better understand what they said about human well-being and what the Greeks called "Eudaimonia" (flourishing). Although, I only began the deep-dive some two years ago. How has it changed me? In many positive and enabling ways. It's an ongoing process, but it certainly made me more resilient, tranquil; ability to give better structure to my attention when in solitude; better ways to deal with setbacks; and to learn to "make correct use of mental impressions" (Epictetus' favorite way of describing the Stoic project), among others.
- tirant 7y ago
  Interesting. I also came across Meditations from M.A. when reading Flow by M.C. I downloaded a license-free ebook of Meditations, but found the translation to be excessively complicated and ended up abandoning it. I really appreciate your recommendations now, and will fore sure give them a try again.
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  - kashyapc 7y ago
    Glad to be useful. A poor translation is definitely a deal-breaker. It is absolutely worth investing in good English translations (taking time to do some research helps). Most of the good translations have a robust introduction that situates the topic in context with helpful notes, references, and bibliography. Good luck! PS: I maintain that good old physical copies are superior to e-books for these kinds of studies. Especially when you need to frequently refer to the notes—it makes flipping back-n-forth far more pleasant. Also spatial aspect of a paper-based book, better retention, and other well-known benefits.

Thank you for the list. What made you decide to go on this journey? How have this process changed you?

by tra3 7y ago

Thank you for the list. What made you decide to go on this journey? How have this process changed you?

I first heard of Marcus Aurelius more than five years ago when I was reading a book called "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience", by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced as Me-High Chick-Sent-Me-High)—itself a book I highly recommend; he spent his entire career devoted to this topic. That made me wanted explore Stoicism to better understand what they said about human well-being and what the Greeks called "Eudaimonia" (flourishing). Although, I only began the deep-dive some two years ago. How has it changed me? In many positive and enabling ways. It's an ongoing process, but it certainly made me more resilient, tranquil; ability to give better structure to my attention when in solitude; better ways to deal with setbacks; and to learn to "make correct use of mental impressions" (Epictetus' favorite way of describing the Stoic project), among others.

tirant 7y ago
Interesting. I also came across Meditations from M.A. when reading Flow by M.C. I downloaded a license-free ebook of Meditations, but found the translation to be excessively complicated and ended up abandoning it. I really appreciate your recommendations now, and will fore sure give them a try again.
- casuallove 7y ago
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- kashyapc 7y ago
  Glad to be useful. A poor translation is definitely a deal-breaker. It is absolutely worth investing in good English translations (taking time to do some research helps). Most of the good translations have a robust introduction that situates the topic in context with helpful notes, references, and bibliography. Good luck! PS: I maintain that good old physical copies are superior to e-books for these kinds of studies. Especially when you need to frequently refer to the notes—it makes flipping back-n-forth far more pleasant. Also spatial aspect of a paper-based book, better retention, and other well-known benefits.