Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader: 2 (Greek & Roman Stoic Philosophy)

This is wisdom that is good for practising living a good life. Being the private thoughts of the Emperor this book gives a perspective that is different from other philosophers of the time. I recommend this as it is solid, natural and a good way to give yourself some foundations for being a good human, living a good life.

Inspiring and motivating book at a good price

If ever there was a book that should be required reading on the natonal curriculum ... apart from Victor Frankl's wonderful "Man's Search for Meaning ... this is it. Life - a funny old thing. Exceptional, down to earth, no mysterious "a saviour will come ... " (he/she won't by the way) nonsense .... and the Universe won't give you everything you want if you just thnk it. You have to do something - starting with control of your perceptions and your brain. Amazing 2000 year+ old wisdom. What have the Romans ever done for us? here it is and you don't have to have an opinion about everything - Wonderful wonderful book..

Really enjoyed this book, very insightful

I am half way through the book right now and it is by far the most usefull book on self-discipline and has helped me a lot at being aware of my surroundings and to put my personal problems in perspective to others. Must read!

difficult to read, but worth the read!

Always on the lookout for a book which makes me think differently and this has great potential. First thing is to understand that you don’t read this book like a normal book, you pick a paragraph, read, consider and leave., as you really need to spend time understanding the content and if you want to take on the idea or ignore it - both being appropriate based on your needs. This is where the less than stellar layout gets in the way, as each chapter is presented as a continuous set of paragraphs without any particular separation. I may have missed it, but to me the book doesn’t seem to group similar topics together. It also gives no indication of the topics covered in the sections The context is good, but would be better with better formatting.

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Excellent Easy to read , makes you think

Interesting, good read

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Excelente libro!! De los mejores que he leído en mi vida y la traducción me parece adecuada, no es tan difícil de seguir como las traducciones en inglés antiguo de las versiones gratuitas

Nicely translated, digestible but not over-simplified. With any translation, the original words and how it was written carry some weight and I think that is maintained. Yes, some of the sentences do seem to run on... there is a stream of consciousness feeling as you read at times, but that is how Marcus Aurelius wrote from what I can tell looking at other translations, and it keeps you engaged and thinking about what you read. Stoic lessons are meant to be contemplated and reviewed, not memorized as bullet points. I'm not ripping on any other translations, but the handful of reviews that talk about formatting, grammatical errors or poor translation - I do not at all find that to be the case.