Meditations

ISBN: 0812968255

Author: Aurelius, Marcus

Condition: New

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Timeless insights into what it takes to lead a meaningful life-still profoundly relevant nearly two thousand years later.Now featuring a brand-new foreword from Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way!Meditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aureliuss] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find something useful to take away from it.-James Clear, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atomic HabitsIt is unbelievable to see how the emperors words have stood the test of time. . . . Read a page or two anytime you feel like the world is too much.-Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Wall Street JournalYour ability to control your thoughts-treat it with respect. Its all that protects your mind from false perceptions-false to your nature, and that of all rational beings.A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aureliuss Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With bite-size insights and advice on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others, Meditations has become required reading not only for statesmen and philosophers alike, but also for generations of readers who responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style.In Gregory Hayss translation-the first in nearly four decades-Marcuss thoughts speak with a new immediacy. In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. Never before have Marcuss insights been so directly and powerfully presented.With an Introduction that outlines Marcuss life and career, the essentials of Stoic doctrine, the style and construction of the Meditations, and the works ongoing influence, this edition makes it possible to fully rediscover the thoughts of one of the most enlightened and intelligent leaders of any era.

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