Comments on: Manvotional: Selection from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:00:33 +0000

I love how Marcus starts his book by honouring all the people that made him into the man he was.

He wrote meditations in his 50s yet he humbly recalls his initial influences since childhood. This excerpt is actually referring to his adoptive father I believe, and he also praises his natural father’s memory from his reputation.

There is a line where he mentions how refreshing and powerful it is to see virtues embodied by someone else – how that’s the best way to appreciate them.

That’s how he saw him.

By: Russell McNeil

Russell McNeil — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:25:26 +0000

I am currently working through all of the meditations of Marcus Aurelius and posting them on a daily basis on the Malaspina Great Books Quotations Blog. Many of these relate directly to the themes discussed here. A link to the meditations currently online are found here:

http://russellmcneil.blogspot.com/search/label/meditations

By: HP Schrei

HP Schrei — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:25:11 +0000

A very readable version of the Meditations is published by Penguin in its Great Ideas Series:

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141018829,00.html?sym=SYN

By: Niall

Niall — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:53:10 +0000

Nice. Just as relevant today as it was back in Roman times. As a small project I’ve recntly embarked on putting the complete contents of Marcus Aurelius’ meditations online as a blog. One entry per day, should take a bit under 18 months to complete. You can find it at: http://marcus-aurelius-meditations.blogspot.com/

By: tim colstil

tim colstil — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:41:44 +0000

hey i think the this article is very creative and cool
but it is al little gay