Stoicism, and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Almost exactly ten years ago, I bought the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t exist then and to qualify for free shippin... (2018)

“The only thing that isn’t worthless: to live this life out truthfully and rightly. And be patient with those who don’t.” (2015)

“You don’t love yourself enough. Or you’d love your nature too, and what it demands of you.” (2017)

“The longest-lived and those who will die soonest lose the same thing. The present is all that they can give up, since that is all you have, and wh... (2019)

The Stoic Antidote to Frustration: The art of tempering your fury with an infuriating existential truth. (2021)

Most people live with a great deal more suffering than is visible to even the most proximate and sensitive onlooker. Many have survived things both... (2021)

The Meditations, by a Roman emperor who died in a plague named after him, has much to say about how to face fear, pain, anxiety and loss The Rom... (2020)

Meditations book. Read 7,002 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a phil... (2021)