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Book 3 tells about the soul, how to act right, and things which can help us act right: our philosophies.

Don't worry about others and protect your soul. Your soul should be ready so it can depart at any moment.

Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind c

Believe it or not I actually am still reading this

He also wants to focus on work which he is currently doing and try to develop strategies (like working as if it is the last work of your life) to be able to accomplish it.

Trying to stay away from desires, even the desire and thirst for books

It is amusing that, very long ago, a man in a very different role was also reminded of some principle every morning and he has written some stuff which can be his guide.

It is very interesting to see his methods of dealing with pleasure and pain. He defines anger as coming out of pain and self-indulgence as coming out of pleasure. Sins out of pleasure are worse than sins out of pain.

It was a long preface and also a introduction had a great idea of who he is and what he is!

Now started the book 1

Even though he is a 2,000-year-old emperor, the things which he is grateful for are pretty basic, like a humble, loving, and obedient wife. Whenever he felt like helping someone who was short of wealth or in need, he was grateful that he was not short of resources. He was grateful that he had never been put in a place where he had to ask someone else.

Right now I'm reading the introduction of this book by Gregory Hays