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Oh wow, this book was supposed to be written for “todays generation,” and while it was, I still found it to be a real slogfest!
The stories were easy to read and understand, it only that it went on and on in a very overlapping wordy way.
Some of the writing was a “howtoliveyourlife” variety, and others focused on living your life that way ancient philosophers lived,
Honestly, this read like the book of Proverbs from the Good Book, without the numbers and chapter breaks,
It feels like a chronology of birth to death of a human,
Still, good. Im glad I read it it was informative and interesting, I read through to Chapter V thru Julyand then took a break, Finished up/.
Three. sitelink blogspot . An amazing insight into the mind of Marcus Aurelius and Stoic thought, I was quite surprised by the similarities between Stoicism and Yoga/Hindu philosophies, Namely, looking towards the inner self for guidance and truth, and a certain nonattachment towards people, places, and objects as a means of truly arriving at your bliss, and not being swayed or surprised one way or the other by nature.
Okay
This is a text I am reading to meet the goal of reading theMust Read Books: Mans Essential Library list posted by Art of Manliness.
I will post a more thorough and thoughtful review on my blog: gauntletofintellectialterror, wordpress. com.
The text is okay, It isnt as profound as I had been lead to believe, It is ironic that we still read it even though Marcus Aurelius constantly emphasizes how we will all be forgotten and dust yet he is not.
The book is redundant though, It could have been summarized in ten pages or less, The insight it provides is very similar to other works of philosophy,
In that way it feels derivative even though it is ancient, It was ok I enjoyed this book, Narration by Gregory Allen Siders was excellent, Themes for today. I was provided this book free by the author,narrator or publisher, A collection of interesting and thought provoking ideas about how to live a "good and just" life from the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelisu.
I found it to be a difficult read as the ideas are delivered in very long and drawn out lectures, Too repetitive
Book constantly repeats the same principles over and over, . . and over. If you are a Christian and have read the Bible, there is nothing new here and no principle explained better, While there are a few gems here, they are just a few and not worth the time and effort, Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor fromtoAD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.
Marcus Aurelius wrote thebooks of the Meditations as a source for his own guidance and selfimprovement, These books have been carefully adapted into a contemporary form to allow for easy reading, .