Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)

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In Gregory Hays’s new translation—the first in thirty-five years—Marcus’s thoughts speak with a new immediacy. The long dead Roman emperor’s thoughts and fancies are still so relevant to your everyday ups and downs. Meditations: A New Translation (2003) by Gregory Hays is published by Modern Library, a division of Random House.

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.

Because everything is so clear, is common sense and applicable to our life today the experience reading this book is profound. His fingers caressed the smooth leather of the binding as he took it back and slipped it under the breadbox. d. 161 and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. He wants to be a good man, doing the right things, and reminding him in these meditations how to live the good life. We are providing our personal opinion and it should not be taken as legal, financial, or tax advice.

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius , translated and introduced by Gregory Hays, by that standard, is very worthwhile, indeed. And maybe they were connected in some way, but about halfway through the book I realized that if I just took each verse on its own and gleaned as much wisdom from it, then I would get more out of it. His awareness of his own mortality and how transient life is made him grateful for every day and for every person in his life.Os temas são extremamente atuais e quando se coloca em perspectiva que o Marcus Aurelius era o imperador do maior império do mundo à época, é impressionante ver como ele lutava com os mesmos problemas mundamos que nos afligem todos os dias.