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1) Meditations, Marcus Aurelius 2) Principles of Product Development Flow, Donald G. Reinertsen 3) Step Away from the Computer or Hammock Driven Development,

1) Meditations, Marcus Aurelius 2) Principles of Product Development Flow, Donald G. Reinertsen 3) Step Away from the Computer or Hammock Driven Development, Rich Hi ckey https://github.com/matthiasn/talk-transcripts/blob/master/Hickey_Rich/HammockDrivenDev.md https://github.com/matthiasn/talk-transcripts/blob/master/Hi...

anm89 5y ago
I really wanted to like meditations but found the translation i bought to be almost intentionally difficult. Like they were translating to role play ancient roman actor english instead of modern english. did you by any chance find a translation that wasnt like that?
- rramadass 5y ago
  I have about half a dozen translations of the Meditations and i suggest the following; * Translation by Gregory Hays published in "The Modern Library" classics. This is highly approachable and should be the first one you start with. * Translation by Martin Hammond and published by Penguin Classics. Lots of illuminating Notes. * Translation by Robin Hard and published in "Oxford World's Classics" series. Robin Hard also has a translation of Epictetus' Discourses/Enchiridion/Fragments and Sayings and Anecdotes of Diogenes in the same Oxford series, both of which are also excellent. PS: All of the above contain a detailed Introduction to the work which you should not skip. They set the background, Worldview, Time etc. which help you understand the ideas in the book better.
  - anm89 5y ago
    Wow, better answer than I could have hoped for. Thank you!
    - rramadass 5y ago
      Some more ;-) This great website allows you to compare the public domain translations: https://www.stoicsource.com/ https://www.stoicsource.com/ The Stoicism subreddit : https://old.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/ Checkout the Recommended texts.
- bennysomething 5y ago
  The one I had is one of the easiest things I've read. Strangely I couldn't understand why my brother found it difficult going. Now you ve made me realise it's probably varying translations.

anm89 5y ago

I really wanted to like meditations but found the translation i bought to be almost intentionally difficult. Like they were translating to role play ancient roman actor english instead of modern english. did you by any chance find a translation that wasnt like that?

rramadass 5y ago
I have about half a dozen translations of the Meditations and i suggest the following; * Translation by Gregory Hays published in "The Modern Library" classics. This is highly approachable and should be the first one you start with. * Translation by Martin Hammond and published by Penguin Classics. Lots of illuminating Notes. * Translation by Robin Hard and published in "Oxford World's Classics" series. Robin Hard also has a translation of Epictetus' Discourses/Enchiridion/Fragments and Sayings and Anecdotes of Diogenes in the same Oxford series, both of which are also excellent. PS: All of the above contain a detailed Introduction to the work which you should not skip. They set the background, Worldview, Time etc. which help you understand the ideas in the book better.
- anm89 5y ago
  Wow, better answer than I could have hoped for. Thank you!
  - rramadass 5y ago
    Some more ;-) This great website allows you to compare the public domain translations: https://www.stoicsource.com/ https://www.stoicsource.com/ The Stoicism subreddit : https://old.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/ Checkout the Recommended texts.
bennysomething 5y ago
The one I had is one of the easiest things I've read. Strangely I couldn't understand why my brother found it difficult going. Now you ve made me realise it's probably varying translations.