NATIONAL BESTSELLER โข Timeless insights into what it takes to lead a meaningful lifeโstill profoundly relevant nearly two thousand years later.
Now featuring a brand-new foreword from Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way!
โMeditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aureliusโs] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find something useful to take away from it.โโJames Clear, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits
โIt is unbelievable to see how the emperorโs words have stood the test of time. . . . Read a page or two anytime you feel like the world is too much.โโArnold Schwarzenegger, The Wall Street Journal
Your ability to control your thoughtsโtreat it with respect. Itโs all that protects your mind from false perceptionsโfalse to your nature, and that of all rational beings.
A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aureliusโs Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With bite-size insights and advice on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others, Meditations has become required reading not only for statesmen and philosophers alike, but also for generations of readers who responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style.
In Gregory Haysโs translationโthe first in nearly four decadesโMarcusโs thoughts speak with a new immediacy. In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. Never before have Marcusโs insights been so directly and powerfully presented.
With an Introduction that outlines Marcusโs life and career, the essentials of Stoic doctrine, the style and construction of the Meditations, and the workโs ongoing influence, this edition makes it possible to fully rediscover the thoughts of one of the most enlightened and intelligent leaders of any era.
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