It's so surprising that a Roman Emperor would (could, too), although what turned into what the world knows today as The Meditations, was, though it, undoubtedly contained what could be coined as "meditations", the writings were originally the output of a number of years' worth of diary-keeping. He would write in his journal what seemed to be pithy, mental monologues which were, in most cases, longer than what one would call a "pithy saying (or quote)" and they're, individually, not long enough to be what we would consider an essay should be, for example. Bottom line: Aurelius is one of the pillars of the Stoic school of thought. Stoicism, as it was known, and which is a kind of ethos which can be practiced in today's modern world. Followers of stoic thought need not be regarded as a typical way of thinking for those in government, especially in the executive branch, whether at the local level (mayor), the state level (governor) or national level (president) because of the terrific contributions by Marcus Aurelius. In my opinion, men who have power like that are usually not long on the subtle and on a useful, independent mode of thought. Something woefully inadequate vis a vis the US congress as well as the executive branch (don't try to rebut by saying that JFK wrote Profiles in Courage. It was ghostwritten by Kennedy sycophant, Ted Sorensen). So, as to this book, it is not a long, heavy book, filled with insightful prose, though it be stilted and sometimes seem dry and plodding in areas, but this is an error on the translator and the way that person translates, say, Will to Power from German to English. Same thing can happen with some French works with poor translations. Anyway, Meditations reads quite easily. It's something where you could open it up at any random spot and whatever it was you happened to land at, I bet if you read the two pages to which you just opened it you'd either be able to identify with what he's saying or possibly find some words that will resonate with you and/or make you think; catch your attention, at least.
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