A concise, free and complete summary of meditations marcus. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. A new translation, with an introduction, by gregory hays. In gregory hayss new translationthe first in a generationmarcuss thoughts. Welcome to my video series on meditations by marcus aurelius. It is not the external things that harm us, but rather our opinion. And to learn more about marcus aurelius and stoicism, sign up for the daily stoics. The book is a collection of reflections on leadership and ethics written by marcus aurelius. These definitions combine dictionaries with my own interpretation of meditations and. Gregory hays keeps his translation as faithful to aureliuss original.
A new translation modern library kindle edition by aurelius, marcus, hays, gregory. In my first read of meditations, i highlighted the line it can ruin your life only if it. Marcus aurelius antoninus was born to an upperclass roman family in a. When named emperor, he was given the name marcus aurelius antoninus and afterwards became known as the last of the five good emperors. A new translation modern library kindle edition by. Meditations is a series of personal writings by marcus aurelius, roman emperor from 161 to. Selections annotated and explained annotation by russell mcneil article pdf available in journal for the study of religion nature and culture 22 january. Meditations by marcus aurelius a guide to the good life by william b. Gregory hays discussed his translation of meditations of marcus aurelius, published by modern library. Three modern translations of marcus aurelius stoicism. Pages xxvi and xxv of hayss introduction is where i was first.
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