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Be careful with the translation you get of Meditations: if the first few paragraphs seem excruciatingly baroque, then you got a bad one--drop it and find a bett
by choxi 13y ago
Be careful with the translation you get of Meditations: if the first few paragraphs seem excruciatingly baroque, then you got a bad one--drop it and find a better translation.
I downloaded the one that's free off of iBooks and it was impossible to read. Could you recommend a better translation?
- rafaelm 13y agoI've had this one bookmarked for a while, but unfortunately haven't gotten around to reading it: http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html Don't know if that's easier to read though.
- jonnybgood 13y agoI enjoyed this one. It was an easy going read. http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Penguin-Great-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/0143036270 http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Penguin-Great-Marcus-Aurel...
- countersixte 13y agoI recently read the Gregory Hays translation [1] and thought it was great. Meditations was Marcus Aurelius's "notes to self" and the Hays edition captures this informal nature. It makes for an easy and delightful read. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-New-Translation-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/0812968255 http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-New-Translation-Marcus-Aur...