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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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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (4 mentions) Meditations (Book 10:36) (1 mention) Meditations annotated edition by Robin Waterfield (1 mention) Meditations (Book Five) (1 mention)

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Ryan Holiday uses recommends
"If you haven't read Meditations yet, I don't know what you're waiting for. There's a reason this book has endured over the last 20 centuries"

"it's a book that changed my life and has changed the life of millions of people in the intervening centuries."

"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 ..."

Daily Stoic uses recommends
"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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Lex Fridman recommends
"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."
Joe Rogan recommends
"You could read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and literally learn how to live a better life."

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"Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is so informative on so many levels. I mean here you have somebody who was literally an emperor and he's writing this journal in a tent in a battlefield. The soul becomes dyed the color of its thoughts and I think abo..."

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Ryan Holiday mentioned "Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditations, 'Never be overheard complaining, not even to yourself.'" ▶ 0:21
Daily Stoic mentioned "One of the things Marcus Aurelius does say in Meditations about the people who would have always ..."