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Title: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, A. S. Farquharson ISBN: 0-19-814761-9 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: December, 1989 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Inner peace and ethical living
Comment: This is a truly great book, and I've read it three times now. This is inspite of the fact that the style is a bit dense for the modern reader.

Personally, I have always been attracted to the Stoic emphasis on inner peace and ethical living according to the example of nature and the cosmos. It is not surprising to me that Aurelius was also a great influence on Henry David Thoreau.

I understand that President Clinton cited this as his favorite book, though for the life of me I cannot concieve of him as a Stoic- Epicurian perhaps, but not Stoic....

I was struck by Aurelius's repeated admonition that it makes no difference whether one lives 40 years or 10,000- you will still have experienced everything, for nothing is new and everything repeats in endless cycles. He is right, once you get past 40, these repeating cycles become more and more apparent....