Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)

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Even with Hays's background on the book being a disconnected personal journal, my brain still tried to read it as if the paragraphs were somehow connected.

He talks about various aspects of how one can improve their lives by straightforward and consistent action.He let the pages slip past his fingers to the fly leaf where was written with a broad carpenter’s pencil, “Sam’l Hamilton. A difficult aspect of the book is that it's made up of scraps of Aurelius's personal accounts - hence the translations also reflect an incompleteness.

He wants to be a good man, doing the right things, and reminding him in these meditations how to live the good life. Os temas são extremamente atuais e quando se coloca em perspectiva que o Marcus Aurelius era o imperador do maior império do mundo à época, é impressionante ver como ele lutava com os mesmos problemas mundamos que nos afligem todos os dias.Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and exorcism and all the rest of it. Written in the mid second century by the philosopher Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Meditations presents a noble approach to life.

With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others.The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius , translated and introduced by Gregory Hays, by that standard, is very worthwhile, indeed. Now, going forward, the words of Marcus Aurelius will be forever in my mind, guiding me and showing me that there is a better path. A straightforward, honest person should be like someone who stinks: when you’re in the same room with him, you know it.

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. No fancy old timey english or usage of complicated words that require access to a dictionary at all times. And to have seen someone who clearly viewed his expertise and ability as a teacher as the humblest of virtues. That he respected tradition without needing to constantly congratulate himself for Safeguarding Our Traditional Values. That I didn't lose my virginity too early, and didn't enter adulthood until it was time-put it off, even.

It's all that protects your mind from false perceptions-false to your nature, and that of all rational beings. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius , translated and introduced by Gregory Hays, by that standard, is very worthwhile, indeed. Marcus’s insights and advice—on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others—have made the Meditations required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style.