Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)

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That said, there is certainly some great pity saying and thoughts, particularly if you lean toward a Stoic belief system. But don’t forget that you also say, ‘Always run the short way and the short way is the natural’—don’t forget that. And if you are interested in Stoicism, then you should also take a look at some other books that explore Stoicism, Buddhism, happiness and enjoying life.

Meditations, A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius Meditations, A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius

I think my single most important takeaway from this book would be the Latin phrase 'Ad Infinitum', which means again and again. Lee lifted the breadbox and took out a tiny volume bound in leather, and the gold tooling was almost completely worn away—The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius in English translation. There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after.

It's difficult to review a book that has been read by many thousands or millions of people over the past two thousand years or so, including world leaders, philosophers and other academics, athletes, and everyday people who just want to live their best lives possible. Additionally much of the advice that is espoused here is at the heart of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). 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.

Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library) by Marcus Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library) by Marcus

When you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this one’s energy, that one’s modesty, another’s generosity, and so on . Your sense of good and evil may be the same as theirs, or near it, in which case you have to excuse them. Stop whatever you’re doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won’t be able to do this anymore?After his death Aurelius was idealized as the perfect emperor whose reign contrasted sharply with the disastrous period before him and the reigns that followed.