MEDITATIONS : PENGUIN CLASSICS / MARTIN HAMMOND TRANSLA

A new translation of the philosophical journey that has inspired luminaries from Matthew \nArnold to Bill Clinton \n \nWritten by an intellectual Roman emperor the Meditations offer a wide range of spiritual \nreflections developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and the universe. Marcus \nAurelius covers topics as diverse as the question of virtue human rationality the nature of the \ngods and his own emotions spanning from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation. \n* Includes an introduction chronology explanatory notes general index index of quotations and \nindex of names