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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The Meditations are a collection of Marcus Aurelius’ private thoughts, written while he was waging war against barbarians on the Roman Empire’s northern frontier. From such lofty Stoic concerns as humankind’s place in the universe and the need to live in accordance with Nature – ‘nothing can happen to any man that Nature has not fitted him to endure’ – Marcus Aurelius derives some surprisingly practical advice, including a compelling argument for why we should get out of bed in the morning, and expresses a simple human joy in even the humblest aspects of the physical world. It is refreshing to learn of the simple pleasures of freshly baked bread and ripe olives from a man who bore the weight of the Roman world on his shoulders. The effect of the Meditations is at once liberating and comforting. Marcus Aurelius’ calm acceptance of the stresses of both this world and the afterworld, and his rigorous sense of duty, are of great appeal in our frequently over-emotional and self-indulgent age, and have made this ancient work a modern bestseller.

Features;

• Folio Society Fourth Printing No. 1114
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2004
• Quarter Goat Skin Leather Hardback with Printed Paper Sides, 201 pp
• Wood-engravings by Simon Brett.
• Size 250 x 175mm, 1.2kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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