Meditations

:This article is about the writings by Marcus Aurelius. For the writings by Descartes, see Meditations on First Philosophy. For the practice of meditation, see meditation.

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Marcus Aurelius - Descartes - Meditations on First Philosophy - Meditation

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Meditations is a series of writings by Marcus Aurelius setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.

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Marcus Aurelius - Stoic - Philosophy

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Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. These memos survive and continue to inspire others to this day. It is not clear that he ever intended the writings to be published, so the title Meditations is but one of several commonly assigned to the collection. Some popular English translations include:

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Greek - 170 - 180

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• The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Meric Casaubon. J.M. Dent & Co. (London). 1906-1908.
• Meditations, translated by Maxwell Stainforth. ISBN 0140441409.
• Meditations, translated by Gregory Hays. ISBN 0679642609.
• The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of the Meditations, translated by Scot and David Hicks. ISBN 0743233832.
 
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