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Product Details

  • Paperback: 106 pages
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform (January 9, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1613823037
  • ISBN-13: 978-1613823033
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Here, for our age, is [Marcus's] great work presented in its entirety, strongly introduced and freshly, elegantly translated." --Robert Fagles

"From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

Marcus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus (121-180) became joint emperor in 161 with adoptive brother Lucius Verus, and ruled alone from 169.

Diskin Clay is professor of classical studies at Duke University.

Martin Hammond is headmaster of the Tonbridge School and has translated Homer's Iliad for Penguin Classics.

Customer Reviews

A very interesting read.
KJ
Can't complain about the content of Meditations, but the number of typos was disappointing and annoying for a text like this.
lisadi
This book is a must read for any man trying to better his life, and that goes for women as well.
Dylan

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By - A on December 21, 2012
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I'm a big fan of Marcus Aurelius, I knew he was a very wise and intellectual man, the last of the 5 good emperors, but I wanted to know more about him. When I heard about a book comprised of his personal writings from when he was still alive, I knew I had to get it. There is an introduction that talks about Marcus and his life, before you get into his actual "meditations". It's great because even if you don't know who he is, you get his life in a nutshell, it gives a good background to the rest of the book.

I would definitely recommend this to any reader!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By Susan W. Harrell on February 11, 2014
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I've read a few translations over the years...this one really needs work. It became laborious to try and follow the text because of gaps, misspellings, typos, etc. A translation should facilitate understanding by persons whose native language is English. This does not.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By David Rorai on February 22, 2013
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I wanted to learn more about Marcus Aurelius and see his view of things millenia ago. It was hard to follow various figures and stories sometimes. Could have used a few pictures!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By C. Sun on September 17, 2013
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This work bears an uncannily strong resemblance to the free online version available at Project Gutenberg. With the exception that the formatting at Project Gutenberg is better. In this printed edition, too often have I seen the sections/numbers improperly separated (i.e. no carriage returns). The glossary is also poorly formatted. Furthermore, the indentations at the beginning of paragraphs are almost imperceptible. Finally, the text is very small when compared to the page width resulting in very long, thin lines that when compounded with the single spacing makes reading difficult. Mispellings, bad syntax, etc.... The editor really dropped the ball with this one.

Personally, I like the old-timey translation. I am glad to have a hardcopy of the online version. But the product itself is sub-par. I recommend investing money in another translation that is not freely available for comparison of translations.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By lisadi on September 27, 2012
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Can't complain about the content of Meditations, but the number of typos was disappointing and annoying for a text like this.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By Dylan on November 18, 2012
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This book is a must read for any man trying to better his life, and that goes for women as well. Can't put it down
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By William Walsh on May 7, 2014
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I am honestly surprised that this has been mentioned so rarely in these reviews, but there are some absolutely horrendous typos in this edition.

Fair warning, I have only read the first few pages but am honestly thinking of buying a different edition to continue my read, as the typos are the worst I have ever seen. For example "This conforming of the life to nature oralogoumenwz th fusei zhn. was the Stoic idea of Virtue." (Meditations p 6). You can even see this for yourself if you use Amazon's "Look Inside" feature. I honestly hope that this is limited to the introduction and that the translation itself is better. If so I'll come back and update this review to reflect that.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By CP on December 19, 2013
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If you're a deep thinker or search for meaning in life or are a contemplative person (or anything along those lines) this is a book to have in your library. For a collection of writings as old as these to still be relevant today says a lot about the timeless wisdom shared in these pages. Buy it.
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