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Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays
This is a fascinating read in many ways. It wasn't meant to be read by anyone other than Marcus Aurelius himself, and to read the so called "Meditations" means to get a glimpse into the thoughts of this man. He might have appreciated the irony of the whole world now being able to read those thoughts, and to remember him this way.
Since the contents of this journal are fairly repetitive, constantly circling around the same philosophical concepts, I'd strongly recommend to not read this from cover to cover. It is much better suited to read a few paragraphs, put it down, think about it, and come back to it at a later point in time.
The brief introduction into the concepts of Stoicism and the biography of Marcus Aurelius, written by translator Gregory Hays, gave the necessary context for understanding and interpreting the "Meditations". I appreciated that Hays included a couple of pages that point out a diverse range of books for further reading, as well as a numbered list of introduction notes explaining the most important decisions he made in his translation.
Since the contents of this journal are fairly repetitive, constantly circling around the same philosophical concepts, I'd strongly recommend to not read this from cover to cover. It is much better suited to read a few paragraphs, put it down, think about it, and come back to it at a later point in time.
The brief introduction into the concepts of Stoicism and the biography of Marcus Aurelius, written by translator Gregory Hays, gave the necessary context for understanding and interpreting the "Meditations". I appreciated that Hays included a couple of pages that point out a diverse range of books for further reading, as well as a numbered list of introduction notes explaining the most important decisions he made in his translation.