{"id":9940,"date":"2017-07-25T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-07-10T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:32:24","slug":"review-the-meditations-of-marcus-aurelius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2017\/07\/25\/review-the-meditations-of-marcus-aurelius\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28139847\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/28139847.jpg?ssl=1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28139847\">The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17212\">Marcus Aurelius<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1162466219\">3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was Aurelius&#8217; diary. He introspected on Stoic philosophy and especially the behaviors of a good person: integrity, willpower, quietude, and self-focus. I strongly identified with many of his thoughts and feel the content of the book was worth reading it.<\/p>\n<p>My first main issue with the book are more that it needs an editor. Because it was his diary, the content lacks organization and focus. Somewhat ironic that a book about discipline is so lacking it in the writing.<\/p>\n<p>The other main issue with the edition I chose is the lack of references. It probably would double the 100 pages to get an appropriate amount of footnotes. The George Long edition, <em><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004TIKXCE\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em> is what I probably should have read. The downside of it, though, is footnotes on why Long chose the translations he did. That&#8217;s not a big deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1162466219\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was Aurelius&#8217; diary. He introspected on Stoic philosophy and especially the behaviors of a good person: integrity, willpower, quietude, and self-focus. I strongly identified with many of his thoughts and feel the content of the book was worth reading it. 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