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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

Philosophy

Open Library OL1317211W

Private notes on judgment, death, and the discipline of wanting less than circumstances offer. The English text here is a public-domain translation of the emperor’s Greek.

About the author

The Meditations are private notes by a Roman emperor, not a system written for pupils. They return, again and again, to what is and is not in a person’s control. More of this shelf for Marcus Aurelius.

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