Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Book 1)

[Dolphidood]

Rule with fear... erm no but "Nothing happens to any man that he was not formed by nature to bear." Yes.

[adamscott]

I finished reading the Wordsworth edition of 'meditations' or 'thoughts' today. Wisdom and power are rare.

[thomasmoresakano]

His book on my desk for many years ,,I'm remembered his words.

[Leon612]

wow this sounds great. i must borrow this at my local library over the summer.

[Thesocraticbreed]

@tanit

I got the George Long copy, I think it may be the best... George Long seems to translate all of it, while the Penguin Classics and other versions of it leaves out a few parts of it. Marcus Aurelius was a true philosopher and he enlightened me greater than many other philosophers that I read ever since I started to study philosophy.

[arazzo1000]

thank you very much for posting this video

[elchriso5]

Around the 4:30 mark: Marcus Aurelius pwning grammar Nazis 2000 odd years before the internet!

[ilikeyouallot]

most of us are just teachable, or not? we find something in life, some consolation to the bad and hard times, most of us wish to have a good time, we are made it of habits, like the horse that loves running and feel freedom, don't want to win, there is just pleasure, (want to be the best LOL LOL.compete...), booh! just plain pleasure in seeing thegreen color of the grass, and the yellow leaves of the gingko, when the winter rain falls see the blue sky and not to think, but contemplatew/pleasure

[ilikeyouallot]

my self, what i am. another living creature, i what i am is the result of all the things i learn and the experiences, my personality, is sustained by solitude , and sometimes loneliness,especially when it is about the way we are, and we always been this way, but now we are about 7 billion people, poverty and misery, and especially ignorance, most is excessive and deficient, it is a bad trip, i see Mr marcus in another times in different conditions and many other philosophers, with good guidance

[ilikeyouallot]

as a human i grew up and found other creatures alike, i couldn't handle loneliness, i could handle resentment, and especially i couldn't handle fear. i read few philosophers and i couldn't be non of them.... I like most of the ones i've been reading, i am non of them..... i like them very much and i wish i was something with such a clarity, guided, i couldn't. i grew up out of my family, occasionally i saw them, i am still my self ; resenful, emotional, lost, disoriented, goofy, affectionate.

[NorthernDancer1111]

Thanks for sharing and taking time to make this available friend, may the gods and buddha bless you and yours :)

[Ducati549r]

Outstanding philosophy. The lessons will transform you into such a better human being and your senses are refreshed during and after the reading of meditations.

[CoombesKidd]

i love how a great powerful roman emperor loved to dabble in greek philosophy and tried to get to know his own self

[MrExplorer7]

Marcus Aurelius is my favorite Ancient Roman Emperor, I never read Meditations but he was the most Brilliant Emperor of Ancient Rome in my opinion only

[FacetonoFace]

Thank you.

[rastarigate]

one of the best books ever... I have read it about a billion times

[endlesswaltzhaha]

His former emperor Antoninus.... did him no good in the affairs of military experience......he was not prepped as others before him awaiting to wear the purple....he was not given military honors nor legions to command....he had to learn on the go.

[smcnoonan]

thank you for uploading this

[markos824]

that is my favorite emperor

[endlesswaltzhaha]

i would have to agree

[markos824]

finally i found someone who has the same ideas as me thanks for supporting me

[infokemp]

Scipio of the Republican era was very good.

Marius reforms of the army also where very good.

Now the Republican era arguably saw the three greatest threats to Rome in a very short space of time - Carthage, then the Crimbi & Teutons & from the East the greek kingdoms.

[Hereticalable]

@infokemp - the Roman Republic war argueable Rome at it's best. The Empire expanded more as a Republic and dealt with many great threats from within and without.

Rome should have gone back to the Republican system after Aurelius...but then if it did it might still be around, Europe might be pagan, much learning destroyed by the Christians might still be with us and we might be a few centuries more advanced. It's fun to speculate the "what ifs"!

[joel1923]

A book needed in these difficult times...

[endlesswaltzhaha]

well spoken

[DreadfulSolemnity]

Ethereal Undying Wisdom.

[DreadfulSolemnity]

Crepuscular contemplative noise is the rhetorical pangs of the soul.

[DreadfulSolemnity]

The Greatest of the Philosopher Kings.

[atheistunderground]

I always carry this book with me and I read it everyday over and over again. I love this book soo much. It is my bible.

[combatleague]

@atheistunderground

It seems as though it speaks to my personal chararter type to a key! notibly rationalism and the desire for knowledge, identity and self mastery.

I agree with you completly

[StoicTwo]

Man I read this book years ago I think it's one of the reasons Im still here,lmao!

-StoicOne!

[tanit]

Same here.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

"Seek truth not abroad; turn back into thyself for in the inner man dwells the truth."

-St Augustine.

[combatleague]

@AnonymousWhitePerson

a great book which changed my life, and in accordance with your qoute, is called "The Coming Man: by gardner s. eldridge. it is a 1906 manuscript by the american writer

his argument is "personality is assumed as the ultimate reality..." and the idea that man is related to God from this personal relation and subsequentally leads to the Universal understanding. which is much aligned in the philosophy of Stoicism

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

The One True and Only Philosopher King Who Ever Lived.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Aurelius is a stoic but the loftiest and most righteous of pedants.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Philosophian practizari...

[tanit]

Huh?

[GJT771]

@tanit Thank you & be well.

[jumokdragon]

unfettered mind by takuin

lotus sutra by buddahh

meditations of marcus

best books of all time.

[Jizuschrist]

Most Unfortunate that he only ruled briefly, His only great failure in my opinion was not instilling into his son Commodus the virtues of humility and modesty.

I wonder what would have happened had his other sons lived to succeed him, Would they have emulated his excellence? Was Commodus the black sheep of his family?

[tanit]

IT wasn't one man which lead to the decline of the Empire, it was a general decline in the intellectuals habits of the aristocracy. Stoicism - which had guided the hands of the Five Good Emperors, became forgotten by the third century during the "Crisis of the Third Century." Most of the emperors during the third century were despots, there was no ONE major madman which contributed to problems.

[zeppelin8]

Commodus was groomed for succession by Aurelius in haste because Aurelius saw an uprising in the east by a general named Avidius. Marcus gave Commodus the "toga of manhood" when preparations were made against Avidius (securing a successor, if worst came to worst), though Avidius was soon assassinated. Commodus remained Marcus' choice, though Marcus did not forsee his son's futue indolence. Commodus was an example of why people raised in the palace, like Nero before him, were unfit for rule.

[tanit]

If either are you interested in this topic you should check out my BA thesis, I put the link in the video description.

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

". . .instilling into his son Commodus the virtues . . ."

. . . virtue is not hereditary. -- Thomas Paine

[PRLTMFW]

@Jizuschrist Regarding Commodus, it really wasn't for lack of trying. That kid was just a bad apple. He was like a modern punk- he rebelled against his great father's entire lifestyle. He was really the most aptly named emperor

[gqmighty]

to avoid the public schools......good advice then and today.

[socsol]

haha

not much has changed!! lol

[MaBu888]

Philosophian practizari...

[antbrman]

aurelius and rosseau are the best and the most practical philosophers imo. thanks for posting

[trass345]

interesting words from a coolheaded pious,ingenious,generous fully - fulfilled man infallible virtual ruler of the known world remember we are born whole complete

[dtstrain]

"Didn't get absorbed by logic chopping" - wonderful. So many forget that the purpose of philosophy is to be a guide to living well, and instead make it into a theater by which they can name drop and show off their alleged intellects.

[aalexander928]

This is a beautiful posting, a visit to the ancient Graeco-Roman world at its best and a reminder of what the republic of the United States was based on. Thank you Tanit.

[privateparts100001]

what book are o reading from?

[tanit]

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays translation, Modern Library (May 6, 2003), ISBN-10: 0812968255

[lpbmartialartsfan]

do they have a book where they have all the books of Meditations I found it only in parts(small books)

[tanit]

Just do a search on amazon - there are many full editions available.

[lpbmartialartsfan]

I've seen it only in the bookstore and than well someone else bought, but lucky for me they have another copy, so thanks any way.

[Moonharvester512]

Thank you for posting

[dudodideda]

Great book, great narration.

I'll download the mp3's to listen in my car.

Thank you very much.

[BlackSatinQueen]

Look out for that quail fighting:) I enjoy Aurelius. Thanks.

[finecarbure]

My spiritual father, a men- a real one, with weaknesses, searching for justice inside of him. Accepting the difference of what he is not.

Thanks.