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Meditations

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A series of personal writings by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, recording his private notes to himself on Stoic philosophy.

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"The short lines in meditations are the best. They're just a couple of words. They say so much and they cut through so much space and time."

"Let me read you this passage. This is a famous passage in Meditations that I love sort of encapsulates that idea."

"when I read Marcus's Meditations which is sort of unique amongst the philosophy texts in that it's not this sort of comprehensive explanation of th..."

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"Reading Meditations is also just an insight into the mind of a man who's to himself, 'cause Meditations is not supposed to be work that's published. It's just a diary."

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"There's a passage that hit me when I first read it. It's the opening of book five where he's just like talking about not wanting to get out of bed in the morning."

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