| ISBN |
9781474620949 (paperback) |
| Author |
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180 author. |
| Title |
Meditations / Marcus Aurelius ; a new translation by Gregory Hays. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021. |
| Pagination etc. |
200 pages ; 15 cm. |
| Contents note |
First published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003. |
| Summary Note |
Few ancient works have been as influential as the MEDITATIONS of Marcus Aurelius. A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behaviour, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus's insights and advice - on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others - have made the MEDITATIONS required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. In Gregory Hays's new translation - the first in thirty-five years - Marcus's 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 Marcus's insights been so directly and powerfully presented. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Latin. |
| Subject - Name |
Marcus Aurelius, -- Emperor of Rome, 121-180 -- Philosophy |
| Subject |
Ethics -- Early works to 1800 |
| Stoics -- Early works to 1800 |
| Life -- Early works to 1800 |
| Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800 |
| Philosophy, Ancient |
| Consequentialism (Ethics) |
| Added Author |
Hays, Gregory translator. |
| Shelf Location |
188 MARC |
