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The Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius
Wanda McCaddon
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"Live each day as if it were your last."


Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, without any intention of publication, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations offers a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Ranging from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the nature of moral virtue, human rationality, divine providence, and Marcus's own emotions. But while The Meditations was composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, in developing his beliefs Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection of extended meditations and short aphorisms that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers, and readers throughout the centuries.

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  • Release date

    February 8, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400195497
      • File size: 126689 KB
      • Duration: 04:23:56

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1150
    • Text Difficulty: 8-9

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 1, 2002
      "When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they do not know how to tell good from evil. But I... have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own." This and other useful affirmations from the second century Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been retranslated for the first time in 35 years by Hays, classics professor at the University of Virginia. He includes an introduction that sketches the life of Aurelius and also summarizes the principles of Stoicism.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1150
  • Text Difficulty:8-9

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