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Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)

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In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. Like gold or emerald or purple repeating to itself, “No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.

Consequently, the Meditations have become required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. Marcus Aurelius never intended for his writings to be published, but I'm grateful they have survived the test of time (mistranslations aside) so that we can connect to our human ancestors and realize we truly are all one. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Not to be driven this way and that, but to always behave with justice and to see things as they are.In our relationship with others we must work for their collective good, while treating them justly and fairly as possible. Some passages become more relevant at different times depending on your ever changing life circumstances, and others are relevant and a good reminder of what's really important in life when revisited on a daily basis. Aurelius' introspective musings on self-discipline, perspective, and the impermanence of life are as applicable now as they were in his time. This requires not merely passiveacquiescence in what happens, but active cooperation with the world, with fate and, above all,with other human beings.

Like the impresario ringing down the curtain on an actor: “But I’ve only gotten through three acts…! I should have highlighted them but one favorite was "You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action. And don’t go expecting Plato’s republic; be satisfied with even the smallest progress, and treat the outcome of it all as unimportant. A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written.Nothing like a typical novel, however, a daily review of a mixed variety of sections can be life changing if revisited over time. At other times you really are just reading the written ramblings of someone's diary, but there's a lot of great wisdom in there. Now you anticipate the child’s emergence from its mother’s womb; that is how you should await the hour when your soul will emerge from its compartment. It's not just a book; it's a transformative journey into the mind of one of history's greatest thinkers. The discipline of perception requires that we maintain absolute objectivity of thought: that we see things dispassionately for what they are.

This will be a drama in three acts, the length fixed by the power that directed yourcreation now directs your dissolution.

A resolve to accept whatever happens as necessary and familiar, flowing like water from that same source and spring. It's impossible to absorb all that can be learned from this collection of short passages when reading only one time through. We were made, Marcus tells us over and over, not for ourselves but for others, and our nature is fundamentally unselfish.

Lots of commonality between stoicism and Christianity as far as forgiveness, not being a slave to your emotions, not complaining, being mindful of your thoughts, only worrying about what you control and not being anxious about anything, although for slightly different reasons. 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. Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.

It’s time you realize that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet. What is divinedeservesour respect because it is good; what is human deserves our affection because it is like us. It never ceases toamazeme: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own. But the man motivated by desire, who is mastered by pleasure, seems somehow more self-indulgent, less manly in his sins.

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