Meditations Paperback – August 1, 2017

Meditations is broken into quotes no longer than a page and they are not connected- meaning you can open the book to any page, find some inspiration in a couple of minutes, and go about your day. As a toddler dad looking for self-enrichment, it’s been a good book to have around.

This is for my husband to read. It is very thought provoking and provides him inspiration to see things in a different way. He is a lot less negative than before reading the book.

Gifted to my son & he loved it; he reads a bit of wisdom each day, but from a different version (I inadvertently sent 2 different bookss).

This is classic. Quality of this version is mediocre but no issues as it is just a book.The quality of paper is secondarily important than what was written on it.Great price-quality combination. Translated by George LongAs for the content, again: Marcus Aurelius - Who am I to criticize! "Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig."

I find it difficult to consider a work more complete. Marcus Aurelius from on high saw all that was within, without, below, and around, regarding that which is important in life. He knew where to place his attentions and though these writings likely weren’t meant for any eyes but his own, they function well for an audience all the same. There is nothing I’ve yet encountered in life which has offered a more direct wisdom. It can be applied immediately and will draw you closer to your own spirit, to your own purpose.Be mindful that the English in this version is likely from the 1700s. It’s *very* old, with many archaic terms and strange sentence structure. I did adapt to it over time but you can probably see that it has affected the English of this current review. That said, I’m now going to read a direct Modern English translation to see how much more readily the information therein can and will be absorbed.All that stated, I’m a better human being for having read this and will thus always hold it close.

If you're trying to get into philosophy this is absolutely the first book you should take a look at. It'll definitely test your vocabulary so have a device nearby with Google on standby. It's a great read though and I'm reading it for a second time now. It's an all time great!

Always a great book, but in my opinion, the Penguin translation is a lot easier to understand than this version.

Problems haven’t changed since ancient times . Truly a book of great phrases to live by . I read one every morning !