Meditations: Stoicism and a Roman Emperor's Defense against Human Shortcomings
Diary of a Roman Emperor The Meditations is a diary written by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius to himself. Actually, the long-established title Meditations is kind of misleading and not original. The book doesn’t have an emphasized and coherent argument but instead some recurring themes. A few topics are mentioned and discussed multiple times throughout the book. For example, the sense of mortality pervades the work. Marcus contemplates the topic of death and continually reminds himself that death is a natural process that is not to be feared, part of the continual change that forms the world. Not surprisingly, reading the Meditations for long periods can be conducive to melancholy. ...