The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius with Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

by Marcus Aurelius, George Long (Translator), Hilda Rosner (Translator)

MEDITATIONS has been considered by many generations one of the greatest books of all time. Its messages reminding you that life is fleeting as it helps you to build a praiseworthy character and philosophy for life.
The private self-improvement journal of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is a collection of 12 books, the thoughts of a philosopher King, who consistently journaled to remember his education in Stoic philosophy.
This book is filled with so much wisdom and so many life lessons that teach logic, faith, and self-discipline, that it is one of the cornerstone texts of Stoicism. Inspired by the author's visit to India before World War I and based on the early life of the Buddha, this highly influential and infamously popular book SIDDHARTHA by Hermann Hesse, is a remarkable text that every spiritual seeker needs to read.
Realizing the contradictions between reality and what he has been taught, Siddhartha abandons his comfortable life to wander. His goal is to find the serenity that will enable him to defeat fear and to experience with equanimity the contrasts of life, including joy and sorrow, life and death.

242 pages, Paperback

Published August 23, 2023

About the author

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise") was Emperor of the Roman Empire from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the more important Stoic philosophers. His two decades as emperor were marked by near continual warfare. He was faced with a series of invasions from German tribes, and by conflicts with the Parthian Empire in the east. His reign also had to deal with an internal revolt in the east, led by Avidius Cassius.

Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty and has been praised for its "exquisite accent and its infinite tenderness."