Marcus Aurelius Meditations (Hardback) (PRESALE 12/12/2024)
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Further Details Title: Meditations Condition: New Format: Hardback EAN: 9781454957270 Language: English ISBN-10: 1454957271 ISBN: 9781454957270 Author: Marcus Aurelius Type: Ethics & Morality Publisher: Union Square & Co. Release Date: 12/12/2024 Description: Discover Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations with this exquisite edition from Union Square & Co.’s Signature Gilded Editions series! The stunning Meditations special edition features sprayed edges, color end pages, a built-in ribbon bookmark, and embossed foil cover. The beautiful design and attention to detail set this special edition book apart, whether you’re reading for the first time or building a library of your favorite Stoic philosophy books. Unhappy am I, because this has happened to me—Not so, but happy am I, though this has happened to me, because I continue free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future. For such a thing as this might have happened to every man; but every man would not have continued free from pain on such an occasion. Why then is that rather a misfortune than this a good fortune? —Book IV, 49 Meditations is a collection of personal writings, ruminations, and reflections by the second-century Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, composed during his reign from AD 161 to 180. Though not formally published during his lifetime, these reflections on Stoic philosophy and the nature of existence have since been compiled into one of the most influential works of ancient philosophy. It is a spiritual journal of the author's philosophical exercises and a chronicle of the paradox of the philosopher-king, who must enforce the law and administer justice while looking beyond politics to the cosmic vantage point from which the tribulations of politics come to seem trivial. Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 178mm Item Length: 121mm Genre: Language & Reference Topic: History, Ancient History, Philosophy & Spirituality Book Series: Signature Gilded Editions Release Year: 2024 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
