Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library)

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At several points Marcus expresses disapproval of the Epicureans for making pleasure their highest goal. At some point in my review of the passages I came to the realization that Waterfield’s translation uses more modern words and phrases that may be relatable to everyday people.

Meditations is really good because even though you know Marcus was writing to himself sometimes it feels like he is writing directly to you.It is the definitive text on self-discipline, personal ethics, humility, self-actualization, and strength. A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Bertrand Russell found them contradictory and inconsistent, evidence of a "tired age" where "even real goods lose their savour.

We get occasional glimpses of Marcus’s day-to-day duties from the evidence of imperial decisions preserved in letters, inscriptions and the legal codes. Content is for informational/educational purposes only and does not substitute professional advice or consultation with financial or healthcare professionals. Miraculously, these writings survive–and contained within them is a profound prescription for wisdom, justice, discipline and courage. One of the questions people ask me most often is: “Which edition of The Meditations would it be best for me to read first?

That I conferred on the people who brought me up the honors they seemed to want early on, instead of putting them off (since they were still young) with the hope that I'd do it later. No matter what happens, keep this in mind: It's the same old thing, from one end of the world to the other. 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. It is just a different reading experience, one that I (a new, naïve reader) was neither expecting nor wanting. For anyone who struggles to reconcile the demands of leadership with a concern for personal integrity and spiritual well-being, the Meditations remains as relevant now as it was two thousand years ago.

His company, Brass Check, has advised companies such as Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as Grammy Award winning musicians and some of the biggest authors in the world. Very useful introduction by the translator Gregory Hays sets the stage for understanding Aurelius's influences and his contemporary reality as the last of the Roman Emperors of the "Pax Romana" era. The modern history of the Meditations dates from the issue of the first printed edition ( editio princeps) by Wilhelm Xylander in 1558 or 1559.Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. The Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1950 is contained in a codex which passed to the Vatican Library from the collection of Stefano Gradi in 1683. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the more important Stoic philosophers. I read the Gregory Hays translation published in 2002 twice and then I recently finished the forthcoming 2021 translation by Robin Waterfield.

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Not surprisingly the same term that is found in the prologue of the Gospel of John "In the beginning was the Word (logos), and the Word was with God and the Word was God.