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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius The private thoughts of a person with terrible power. An emperor who could put to death anyone he chose. Create the law by speak
by tizio13 4y ago
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The private thoughts of a person with terrible power. An emperor who could put to death anyone he chose. Create the law by speaking it. Command any one to his bed if the mood took him. These pages are filled with Aurelius’ private struggles to be a good man, despite the frustrations of the world.
His words helped me become a more social thinker.
- kaiju0 4y agoTotally agree. But the language and wording structure is a slog to get through.
- tizio13 4y agoI highly recommend the version published by Penguin Classics: ISBN-10: 0140449337 This version is translated by Martin Hammond. He does a fantastic job at making this a comfortable read. And another bonus, this version is Narrated by Richard Armitage. His voice filled the book with life.
- to1y 4y agoIf you liked meditations I recommend marmontels belisarius(if you can find it)
- Fission 4y agoThere are a lot of different translations with varied ease of reading, modernity of prose, and fidelity to the original source. The one by Gregory Hays is one of the newest and is my preferred translation.
- an_aparallel 4y agothanks for mentioning this - i was reading it and the older language was offputting, but i could see the beauty in whatever glimpses i got :)
- rrishi 4y agoPretty ironic that his son was completely his opposite and an abject failure.