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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

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

Marcus Aurelius

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Written for himself, never meant to be published — yet copied and read continuously for 1,800 years. The Stoic philosophy within is as applicable to a modern life as it was to an Emperor's.

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Personal journal of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, written as a series of Stoic reflections. One of the most widely read philosophical texts in Western history.

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Written for himself, never meant to be published — yet copied and read continuously for 1,800 years. The Stoic philosophy within is as applicable to a modern life as it was to an Emperor's.

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Personal journal of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, written as a series of Stoic reflections. One of the most widely read philosophical texts in Western history.

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