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Meditations: George Long’s Original Translation With Summary Translations for Modern Readers
239 pages, Paperback
Published March 2, 2024
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Marcus Aurelius
1,402 books6,377 followersMarcus 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."
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."
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February 24, 2025
All thou art is dust in the wind x 10000000000
Some excerpts:
“That where a man can live, there he can also live well” p43
“ Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear” p43
Section viii (50) - pg. 83
“ Thy present opinion founded on understanding, and thy present conduct directed to social good, and thy present disposition of contentment with everything which happens —- that is enough” p89
“ Today I have got out of all trouble, or rather I have cast out all trouble, for it was not outside, but within and in my opinions.” P.90
IX, 28. “… in a word, if there is a God, all is well; and if chance rules, do not thou also be governed by it?” P93
IX (35). Loss is nothing else than change. But the universal nature delights in change, and in obedience to her all things are now done well, and from eternity have been done in like form, and will be such to time without end. What then dost thou say? That all things have been and all things always will be bad, and that no power has ever been found in so many gods to rectify these things, but the world has been condemned to be bound in never-ceasing evil?” P95
Some excerpts:
“That where a man can live, there he can also live well” p43
“ Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear” p43
Section viii (50) - pg. 83
“ Thy present opinion founded on understanding, and thy present conduct directed to social good, and thy present disposition of contentment with everything which happens —- that is enough” p89
“ Today I have got out of all trouble, or rather I have cast out all trouble, for it was not outside, but within and in my opinions.” P.90
IX, 28. “… in a word, if there is a God, all is well; and if chance rules, do not thou also be governed by it?” P93
IX (35). Loss is nothing else than change. But the universal nature delights in change, and in obedience to her all things are now done well, and from eternity have been done in like form, and will be such to time without end. What then dost thou say? That all things have been and all things always will be bad, and that no power has ever been found in so many gods to rectify these things, but the world has been condemned to be bound in never-ceasing evil?” P95
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