Guides you through key passages from Aurelius's Meditations, comprised of the emperor's collected personal journal entries, to uncover the startlingly modern relevance his words have today
This classic book contains the personal musings and reflections of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
"The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius originally wrote the meditations collected here in the form of a personal journal during his military campaigns in the second century.
. ."The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is as vital today as it ever was.
Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in "highly-educated" Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement.
Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek. It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180.
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 A.D., is renowned for his just rule and long frontier wars. But his lasting fame rests on his Meditations, a bedside book...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.