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#BESTSELLERMeditations (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)Sinopsis :A new translation of the philosophical journey that has inspiredluminaries from Matthew Arnold to Bill Clinton in a beautifulhardcover gift edition, with a cover designed by CoralieBickford-SmithWorld-changing ideas meet eye-catchingdesign: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful GreatIdeas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith&#8217distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on awell-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless worksof philosophical, political, and psychological thought areabsolute must-haves for book collectors as well as designenthusiasts.Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor
without any intention of publication, the Meditations of MarcusAurelius offer a wide range of fascinating spiritual reflectionsand exercises developed as the leader struggled tounderstand himself and make sense of the universe. Spanningfrom doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they coversuch diverse topics as the question of virtue, human rationality,the nature of the gods and the values of leadership. But whilethe Meditations were composed to provide personalconsolation, in developing his beliefs Marcus also created oneof the greatest of all works of philosophy: a series of wise andpractical aphorisms that have been consulted and admired bystatesmen, thinkers and ordinary readers for almost twothousand years.To provide a full understanding of Aurelius'sseminal work, this edition includesexplanatory notes, a generalindex, an index of quotations, an index of names, andanintroduction by Diskin Clay putting the work in its biographical,historical, and literary context,a chronology of MarcusAurelius's life and career.For more than seventy years,Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature inthe English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles,Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the bestworks throughout history and across genres and disciplines.Readers trust theeries to provide authoritative texts enhancedby introductions and notes by distinguished scholars andcontemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations byaward-winning translators.

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