The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#2To get a flavour of Stoic philosophy you can listen to some short readings of Seneca's letters, they are only a couple of minutes for each one.
Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#3If you really dig Meditations, I recommend reading a couple translations side by side. They're all subtly different, and I find it helps me get a better grasp on the ideas Marcus was expressing to see how different people translated.
Here are some discussions on the different translations:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/comments/137knd/survey_best...
http://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/jaqm1/whats_the_best_...
Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#4I highly recommend William Irvine's A Guide to the Good Life, then reading Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, et al.
As an aside: I listened to Irvine on audiobook immediately after listening to Sherry Turkle's Alone Together. It was like reading about a disease and then the treatment. Recommend, would do again.
Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#5If you really dig Meditations, I recommend reading a couple translations side by side. They're all subtly different, and I find it helps me get a better grasp on the ideas Marcus was expressing to see how different people translated. Here are some discussions on the different translations: http://www.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/comments/137knd/survey_best... http://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/jaqm1/whats_the_best_...
A better (if more time consuming) option is to learn Latin and read it in the original.
Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#6I highly recommend William Irvine's A Guide to the Good Life, then reading Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, et al. As an aside: I listened to Irvine on audiobook immediately after listening to Sherry Turkle's Alone Together. It was like reading about a disease and then the treatment. Recommend, would do again.
Also, the meditations are available on LibreVox.
Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#7This has become my preferred translation. It's a great modern translation and uses very approachable language. To me it reads much more like a journal than the other available translations.
Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#8If you really dig Meditations, I recommend reading a couple translations side by side. They're all subtly different, and I find it helps me get a better grasp on the ideas Marcus was expressing to see how different people translated. Here are some discussions on the different translations: http://www.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/comments/137knd/survey_best... http://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/jaqm1/whats_the_best_...
A better (if more time consuming) option is to learn Latin and read it in the original.
Weren't they written in greek?
Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#9This has become my preferred translation. It's a great modern translation and uses very approachable language. To me it reads much more like a journal than the other available translations. http://amzn.to/1xy6LYZ
Side note. I use to read a meditation or two every morning as part of my morning routine. I've fallen out of the habit but am going to start again. There's some really great thoughts in here.
Re: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
#10Anyone who loves Marcus's Meditations will be blown away by Epictetus.