Meditations

Marcus Aurelius, translated by George Long, 1862.

The private notebook of a Roman emperor, written to remind himself how to live well: stay calm, do your duty, be fair to others, and do not worry about what you cannot control. It is one of the best-known books of Stoic philosophy. This is George Long's classic translation.

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Public-domain text. First published in 1862; George Long died in 1879, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.