Meditations: With Selected Correspondence Paperback - 2011
by Marcus Aurelius; Robin Hard; Christopher Gill
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Readers broadly praised Meditations as a deeply introspective, aphoristic notebook of Stoic self-correction that rewards slow, piecemeal reading. Many found its counsel surprisingly relevant and practically useful for managing emotions and clarifying purpose, with some planning regular rereads; others objected to its repetitiveness, dryness, and occasionally scolding tone. Several remarked that translation significantly affects readability, and that editions including the Fronto correspondence reveal a warmer, flawed man behind the maxims. Common critiques targeted its austere, anti-aesthetic asceticism, fixation on death, and elements of Stoicism viewed as socially outdated, though even skeptics acknowledged its historical value and moral insight.
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Widely known as Meditations today, Marcus Aurelius initially compiled the twelve books that make up the work as private journals. The books were originally written in Ancient (Medieval) Greek by the title (ta eis heauton) which translates to "That which is to Himself".
The earliest reference to the work is from Herodian in the 3rd century, who mentions Marcus Aurelius' literary legacy, and there are later references from Arethas of Caesarea in the 10th century and John Tzetzes in the 12th century. The book was first divided into twelve books by the Suda lexicon published in the 10th century. The text is based mainly on two manuscripts: the Codex Palatinus (P) and the Codex Vaticanus (A), which was printed by Wilhelm Xylander in 1558.
The modern history of Meditations dates from the issue of the first printed edition (editio princeps) by Wilhelm Xylander, which appeared in Latin in 1558 or 1559. The original manuscript from which it was printed is now lost, so this text has become one of the two principal sources of all modern texts. First English translation was made in 1634 by Meric Casaubon.
Meditations has always been an extremely popular text and it continues to help and inspire readers today.
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- Title Meditations: With Selected Correspondence
- Author Marcus Aurelius; Robin Hard; Christopher Gill
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, 2011. 208p. Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics.
- Publication date 2011-09-25
- ISBN 9780199573202 / 0199573204
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
- Reading level 1150
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- Aspects (Academic): Philosophical
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Category Philosophy
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011923757
- Dewey Decimal Code 188
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