Philosophy

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

Private notes a Roman emperor wrote to himself, never intended for anyone else’s eyes, on how to remain steady while commanding an empire that was actively falling apart around him. There is no audience being performed for in it, which is precisely why it has outlasted books written for far larger ones. I recommend it especially to visitors who arrive here overwhelmed.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 4 hr 50 min

Where to find it

On the Philosophy shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #2680. In the public domain in the United States.