The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

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Classic teachings on the art of living by the great Roman emperor, statesman, and general.The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote these meditations in the form of a personal journal during his campaigns against the barbarians in the second century. In them, he reflects with great beauty and simplicity upon the Stoic virtues that lead to a happy life: self-mastery, moral strength, duty to oneself and others, detachment, and acceptance of the will of God and the way of Nature.