Meditations (Penguin Classics)
by Marcus Aurelius
Book Summary Information
Author: Marcus AureliusEditor: Martin Hammond
Introduction: Diskin Clay
Edition: Paperback
Audio: Latin (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-31
ISBN: 0140449337
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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- ISBN13: 9780140449334
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: The best book of practical philosophy ever written
Summary: 5 Stars
The style is direct and unpretentious. The message is simple but extraordinarily powerful: life is short, the past and the future are inaccessible, pain and pleasure have no meaning, but inside each one of us there is a ruling faculty that is touched only by itself. Only that which makes us better capable of confronting our condition with resolution and courage can be said to be good, and only that which makes us worse and more unsatisfied can be said to be bad. The only thing that is of any importance is our own private quest for perfection, which no external power can ever destroy. Marcus Aurelius delivers many insightful and inspirational observations about human nature and the human condition, and he makes an excellent rational argument for seeking the good and for acting modestly and continently. I cannot think or a more satifying and moving work, and it is all the more poignant because it was written by a man who wielded almost absolute power and lived surrounded by the luxury, yet managed to keep things in perspective and to occupy himself only with what truly matters. One sentence captures perfectly the spirit of his writings: "Where a man can live, there he can also live well." An extraordinary testimony of wisdom and fortitude.
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