Meditations

Author: Marcus Aurelius
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0199573204

Meditations: with selected correspondence (Oxford World's Classics)

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known and most popular works of ancient philosophy, offering spiritual reflections on how best to understand the universe and one's place within it. Get Meditations literature books for free.
In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront challenges that he felt acutely, but which are also shared by all human beings--facing the constant presence of death, making sense of one's social role, grasping the moral significance of the universe. They bring us closer to the personality of the emperor, who is often disillusioned with his own status and with human activities in general; they are both an historical document and a remarkable spiritual diary. This translation by Robin Hard brings out the Check Meditations our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront challenges that he felt acutely, but which are also shared by all human beings--facing the constant presence of death, making sense of one's social role, grasping the moral significance of the universe This translation by Robin Hard brings out the

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