Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

The Meditations: Marcus Aurelius

First and foremost, we recommend the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, after whom we are named. There are a number of good translations available, including:


Meditations, trans. A. S. L. Farquharson, intro. J. Sellars (Macmillan Collector’s Library, 2020)

Meditations, trans. M. Hammond, intro. D. Clay (Penguin Classics, 2006)

Meditations, R. Hard, intro. C. Gill (Oxford World’s Classics, 2011)

Meditations, and intro. R. Waterfield (Basic Books, 2021)

Suggested Reading on Stoicism

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Hold on to Your Kids
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The Pyramid of Success
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Rome's Last Citizen
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
The Shallows
Nicholas Carr
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