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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
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I am judging this on a par with books written this millennium, and I know I shouldn't. I may have zoned in and out a few times, but every time my brain remembered what it was doing, he was talking about figs. Some interest points, made many times over...
Interesting read, has some good points but you’d be foolish to adopt it as your sole philosophical venture. Sure, on paper the lessons sound good but then you realise that stoicism forgets to factor in the human nature side of things and then it all falls apart.
Considering this was written just under 2000 years ago, it’s quite astonishing how applicable Marcus Aurelius’ wisdom is to the modern day. Consider this quote:
I learned from Alexander the Platonist not often, nor without great necessity, to say or write to any man in a letter if I am not at leisure. And nor under the pretext of urgent affairs, to make a practice of excusing myself from the duties we owe to those we live with.
He’s quite explicitly telling you not to check your work emails after hours.
I learned from Alexander the Platonist not often, nor without great necessity, to say or write to any man in a letter if I am not at leisure. And nor under the pretext of urgent affairs, to make a practice of excusing myself from the duties we owe to those we live with.
He’s quite explicitly telling you not to check your work emails after hours.
If you read this from a philosophical standpoint, it's pretty shit. I chose to read this because of the history, being the raw thoughts of the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelias, after all. It was interesting at times, but the dude was mostly just having existential crises which got boring fairly quickly.
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One of the best books I’ve read of all time. This book will really make you think about life, how you lead it, and how to make most out of it. Though this has been written over a hundred years ago, this still speaks true to the current generation.
Overall, this book is an exemplary material on how valuable and timeless intrapersonal conversations can really be, and how philosophizing really starts with the self.
Overall, this book is an exemplary material on how valuable and timeless intrapersonal conversations can really be, and how philosophizing really starts with the self.
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