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Meditations
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), Martin Hammond, Diskin Clay
AURELIUS/MEDITATIONS (BC)
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BC_Dittemore
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Went on vacation to Nashville, spent a day exploring the parks and smaller cities outside the metro area, almost literally drove into Duck River Books in Columbia, TN. Their Poetry/Classic Lit section is the first thing I saw walking in the door; I about dropped to my knees.

Oh, I found a couple books too.

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Rome753
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"When you have done a good act and another has received it, why do you look for a third thing besides these, as fools do, either to have the reputation of having done a good act or to obtain a return?"
-Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"

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Rome753
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"Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good."
-Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"

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"Never value anything as profitable that compels you to break your promise, to lose your self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything that needs walls and curtains..."
-Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"

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keithmalek
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius

Often, injustice lies in what you aren't doing, not only in what you are doing.

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jazza08
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Stoicism defined with a good introduction about the background of Marcus

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TheSpineView
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius, Aurelius Marcus
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Custo7
Meditaciones | Marco Aurelio

Tus días están contados. Úsalos para abrir las ventanas de tu alma y que entre el sol

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LatrelWhite
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius
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Happy July 🇺🇸
Book club selection for #feedyourmindbookclub 🌱Instagram #luisadoliveira #Meditations Marcus Aurelius

Chelleo What a cute pillow! 1y
LatrelWhite @Chelleo 💕It was a gift for my birthday from a dear friend who knows me well!🤗 1y
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Richryan52 Holmes fan? 1y
TheSpineView @Richryan52 Not really. 1y
WJCintron So true and necessary! Thanks for this! 🙏✨😃 1y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 1y
aanuahs Have you finished it? I was gifted this for Christmas 10mo
TheSpineView @aanuahs No. Just have read bits of it. 10mo
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NicholasCamp
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I have a tendency to only want to rely on myself and I feel ashamed to ask for help. Today‘s entry reminded me how much happiness other members of my life bring me and that cutting them out is not helpful. Also, I really like the Marcus Aurelius quotes #mentalhealth

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Kerrbearlib
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Boring Books for Bedtime a great podcast. Listening to this boring book tonight.

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IuliaC
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🪞 For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility.

⚖ The soul as a sphere in equilibrium: Not grasping at things beyond it or retreating inward. Not fragmenting outward, not sinking back on itself, but ablaze with light and looking at the truth, without and within.

Graywacke Great quotes 3y
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#ThinkPositiveBePositive @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Marcus Aurelius said it best, "Don't just say you are going to be a good man, be one."

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The_Penniless_Author
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Purchased this as part of my Ancient Rome book-buying binge many years ago. I'm a Stoic at heart (though some who know me might say I'm a Cynic), so there's a lot to like here, not least the most powerful man on Earth cataloging his shortcomings, including suffering from panic attacks and being a mediocre lover. Still, now that I've passed 40 I've become a middle-age man who owns Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, which makes me feel like a cliche 😅

WorldsOkayestStepMom I read part of this in college, but not all of it. I keep coming across it lately! 4y
andrew61 I was just listening about this so will have to give it a go. Here is the link ,I'd recommend https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sjxt 4y
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Meditaciones | Marco Aurelio
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Did I mention that a pandemic is depressing? I finally sat down and finished [ Meditations ]. I've picked it up and “read out of“ it for years, but decided to actually read the whole thing.

I would not label myself as strictly Stoic or Epicurean, I find pieces of both to be helpful in life. This is one of my favorite books of Stoic philosophy.

Read in 2020.

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"It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing."

- Chapter VI, Verse 52.

Bookwomble @Milara I'm here for the comments! 😄 4y
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"Asia and Europe are corners of the universe; all the sea a drop in the universe; Athos a little clod of the universe; all present time is a point in eternity. All things are little, changeable, perishable."

- Chapter VI, Verse 36

One the occasion of the 1,841st anniversary of the death of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.

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ShaaM
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius
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I couldn't grasp even 20% of this book ! Very tough read for me

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#ThinkPositiveBePositive @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Andrew65

#Waste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one." ~ Marcus Aurelius

Tagging: @wanderinglynn @LibrarianKatie @RamsFan1963 @Nute

Nute Thanks for the tag!💕 4y
TheSpineView @Nute Anytime! 4y
wanderinglynn Thanks for the tag 😘 4y
TheSpineView @wanderinglynn You're welcome! 😊 4y
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Bailedbailed

Start of my #CYOReadathon, which may/may not run til Sunday, depending on whether work reappears (I‘m very close to being totally over this freelancing malarkey 🥺)

My goal is to have less on my currently reading shelf at the end of the weekend. So I‘m starting with a bail. I still want to read this, but I‘m going to find myself a modern translation- this was George Long (1862). I‘m wading through the language rather than absorbing the content.

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Caffeinated_Reader
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#62 of my year. Gonna read this while waiting for my other books to be delivered 🤓 lol

Slajaunie Looks cozy! 4y
Caffeinated_Reader @Slajaunie thank you so much! Definitely my favorite room in the house ☺️ 4y
Caffeinated_Reader So very good to read. Lots of passages made me stop to think through just what was being said. In these chaotic times, I think it‘s a perfect read. 4y
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I can‘t choose three favorite books, but I can choose a few favorites. The older I get, some feelings towards books change and I grow appreciative of books I might not have loved when I was younger.
1. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
2. The Name of the Rose
3. Frankenstein
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Sabriel
Rebecca
The Master and Margarita
@vivastory thanks for the tag! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Tag if you want to play!

vivastory Fantastic choices 👏👏 4y
Palimpsest @vivastory I read Rebecca in 2012. I think I‘ll re-read it this year before the new movie is released. We seem to have a couple similar favorites. If you have any great book recommendations I‘d appreciate it if you let me know. 4y
vivastory I definitely will! I was unaware that there is a new version being released. Fingers crossed they do justice! 4y
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GoneFishing
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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GoneFishing
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

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ReaderSean
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Well written book by the Roman Emperor discussing stoicism. The prose is quite beautiful but often feels like sentimental drivel compared to Aristotle or Plato (the only other ancient philosophers I‘ve read). I read the book mainly because it seems to occupy an important place in the western canon and because I was interested in learning about stoicism. However I was unimpressed by the overly passive outlook that stoics have on the world.

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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

Unemployed? Can‘t meditate but have a restless mind? Headspace is offering a free one year subscription to help.
https://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/headspace-for-free/

#meditation #mentalhealth #shelterinplace

BarbaraTheBibliophage Thank you! I signed myself right up! 4y
SW-T @BarbaraTheBibliophage You‘re welcome! 💕 4y
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Palimpsest
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1. I loved to be read to at an early age and then probably by six or seven was reading because I loved it.
2. There are probably a lot that I should read and haven‘t yet. The tagged book is one that had an impact on me and one I want to return to again.
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Would you like to share? @Reggie @Redwritinghood @Taotev

Palimpsest @NeedsMoreBooks Thanks for the tag! 😊 4y
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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

#Meditation #QuotsyMay20

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I first passed this on Tuesday and have been trying to keep it in mind since. I‘ve been neglecting my Stoic philosophy lately and it‘s definitely been affecting my mental health.

I‘m now taking a walk each morning so I see this sign every day as a reminder.

I think it‘s time to pull out my Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus again soon.

Love to you all! Stay safe out there! ❤️

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LowCountryKnight
The Meditations | Marcus Aurelius

Stoicism might work if you could just think whatever you wanted; however, I find that we are constrained by our conscience to only think weighty things, and it is not right to just blather on about “the substance of the universe“ and so on, which Marcus Aurelius does all the time. What that means is that stoicism is not really philosophical since it doesn't participate in the discussion very well. But Marcus Aurelius does provide positive answers.

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BestDogDad
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Mehso-so

It's pretty cool to be driving to work while listening to the thoughts of a Roman emperor from almost two thousand years ago. I listened to this on Librivox and the narration quality was uneven and audio quality really poor with some narrators. Perhaps I'll buy this at a used bookstore someday and give it another shot. Maybe my experience will be better. As it stands, it was worth my time but not particularly memorable.

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TheEllieMo
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A brief summary of how to act with #integrity, from a very old and wise sage, that seems to need reinforcing these days #BeKind

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 Love this! 5y
Geenie ❤️ 5y
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Andno.86
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🌾🌾🌾🌾 This was a great book to end 2019 with. There were a lot of good things in here although a few things I disagreed with (he kept telling me to not read so many books). It was also important to keep a bit of perspective. Yes, we should be happy with what we have but when that comes from a wealthy emperor who was probably rich, the advice misses the mark. Overall, I got a lot of of this book and highly recommended it.

Cinfhen Hi!!!! You‘re back ❣️😁👍🏽 5y
Foxyfictionista @Cinfhen I'm back! I guess i just needed a break. Happy New year! 💕 5y
Cinfhen Here‘s to a wonderful new year 🥂 5y
Foxyfictionista @Cinfhen 🎉🎊🍾 5y
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“Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things that exist; observe, too, the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web.”

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“Love the art, poor as it may be, that thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man.”
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Bookwomble Self-doubt is something I can struggle with; remembering that I am good enough can be difficult. Unreflectively reacting to my feelings of inadequacy and incompleteness with anger and remonstrance, or subordinating my needs to those of others to feel acceptable, all things that I recognise in myself. Aurelius's meditation helps me to connect with compassion for self and others, though it can be hard work at times. 5y
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“The universe is transformation; life is opinion.”

I like the brevity of this translation, though the meaning is, perhaps, a little clearer in this one:

“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”

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"We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first."

Cheery soul, old Marcus!
And yet, while remembrance of death may at times be morbid, it can also be freeing and uplifting.

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"Remember how long thou hast been putting off these things, & how often thou hast received an opportunity from the gods, & yet thou dost not use it. Thou must now at last perceive of what universe thou art a part, & of what administrator of the universe thy existence is an efflux, & that a limit of time is fixed for thee, which if thou dost not use for clearing away the clouds from thy mind, it will go & thou wilt go, & it will never return."

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Despite, or perhaps because of, not doing much today ahead of work in the evening, my head has been feeling rather muzzy. I've found a modern translation of Marcus Aurelius helpful in the past, and hope this nice-looking 1904 edition of an 1873 revision of an 1862 translation will read well.

Aimeesue Lovely cover! And it's just the perfect size! 5y
batsy I love that cover! 5y
Palimpsest I absolutely love it. I read Meditations earlier this year and it has become one of my favorite books. 5y
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Bookwomble @batsy It's has ingeniously textured board covers, designed to look like leather. As a veggie, I'm glad it's fake! The design is lovely, though 😊💖📖💖 5y
Bookwomble @Palimpsest It's a wonderful read, though at times I think Aurelius asks too much of himself. I don't think it's healthy to feel nothing at the death of a child (though clearly, he does feel, but thinks he shouldn't). 5y
Bookwomble @Aimeesue It's very pocketable! Though I must stress that I did buy it 😁 5y
Aimeesue @Bookwomble Ha! I love the smaller book sizes — I started collecting old Modern Library editions a while ago because they're almost the perfect size and they're so well made. I wish they were just a skosh smaller, but they'll do. (edited) 5y
Bookwomble @Aimeesue The old Everyman series and Collins Clear-Type Press editions are nice handy sizes, too 😊 5y
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TheSpineView Love that! 😊 5y
Eggs @TheSpineView ❤️🖤 5y
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We spent a pleasant afternoon in Howarth, West Yorkshire, home of the Brontë sisters, although we didn't go to the Brontë Parsonage Museum on this occasion. I did go to a couple of bookshops, though, as it seemed rude not to...
#bookhaul #booksandbowie

Leftcoastzen So pretty! I would definitely go in there! 5y
LeahBergen I ❤️ Haworth! 5y
Cathythoughts Oh how gorgeous! I want to go ♥️👍🏻 5y
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Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen I did go into that bookshop 😊 We've been to Haworth and the Brontë Parsonage before, and it is well worth a visit, but it seemed very busy and we decided to leave it for another time. 5y
Bookwomble @LeahBergen It's gorgeous, isn't it? 😊 5y
Bookwomble @Cathythoughts Ha! You implanted that adjective in my mind, Cathy 😄 I hope you get the opportunity for a visit 😊 5y
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