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The Meditations Free FREE THE MEDITATIONS PDF Marcus Aurelius | 256 pages | 14 May 2002 | Random House USA Inc | 9780679642602 | English | New York, United States Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: Book Summary, Key Lessons and Best Quotes Meditations is perhaps the only document of its kind The Meditations made. Trained in Stoic philosophyMarcus Aurelius stopped almost The Meditations night to practice a series of spiritual exercises—reminders designed to make The Meditations humble, patient, empathetic, generous, and strong in the The Meditations of whatever he was dealing with. The Meditations is imminently readable and perfectly accessible. You cannot read this book and not come away with a phrase or a line that will be helpful to you the next time you are in trouble. Read it, it is practical philosophy embodied. So, who was Marcus? A The Meditations emperor from to A. Matthew Arnold, the essayist, remarked inthat in Marcus we find a man who held the highest and The Meditations powerful The Meditations in the world—and the universal verdict of the people around him was that he proved himself worthy of it. Despite his privileges as an Emperor, Marcus Aurelius had a difficult life. The Meditations is an inspiring example for us to think about today if we get tired, frustrated, or have to deal with The Meditations crisis. And during those years of struggle, particularly while he was directing military campaigns, Marcus would write twelve books of his private journals, which is estimated to has been between and A. They have become one of the most influential philosophy books in the history of the world. Meditations originally had no title and was written by Marcus Aurelius for his own benefit, not for an audience. In fact, their original title Ta eis heauton roughly translates as To Himself. Writing The Meditations Stoic exercises was and is also a form of practicing them, just as repeating a prayer or hymn might be. It is a book of short sayings, varying from a sentence or two, to a long paragraph. The fact that Marcus goes to the same themes illustrates how much of Stoicism is essentially journaling and going over the same ideas. You need to constantly remind yourself of the standards you have set for yourself, who you aspire to be, and these are especially important when you come short. This is a book of actionable advice and its The Meditations were meant to be practiced and used. When Marcus speaks of the certainty of death and how relatively soon it will come, he is not idly philosophizing. He is recommending that this The Meditations advise our decision-making and how we view the events in our lives. Instead of theorizing about what we should do if either there is a guiding intelligence in the universe, or if everything is just atoms, he prescribes one viewpoint that typically follows Stoic thinking, and explains why both possible truths would lead to the same best actions and beliefs. The The Meditations book of Meditations consists of Marcus thanking the people who had a positive influence on his life, The Meditations a focus on those who instilled in him traits characteristic of a good Stoic. These include The Meditations reason above all else, not being absorbed by petty things, limiting passions and desires, sober decision-making followed by firm commitment to the choice made, honesty and never being secretive, cheerfulness in the face of obstacles, and avoiding superstition and the influence of sophistry. The character traits he lists throughout this first book include many examples worth following and ought to be paid close attention to. Below are some of the major themes that recur throughout the book. The Meditations of the main themes in this book are: change, death and the shortness of life; the role and importance of the rational mind and will; dealing with others and accepting their shortcomings; avoiding the chase for pleasure and fame; and living according to nature and fully accepting its course. Marcus reminded himself to not be upset by The Meditations misdeeds of The Meditations and to correct them if possible, but if they were stubborn and would not change, to accept it. In reacting to such people, we must never allow our own principles to be violated. Moreover, we should never be surprised by the wicked deeds of others, and avoid wishing that men The Meditations not as they are prone to evil acts because then we are wishing for the impossible. He believed that people do bad things out of The Meditations of what is good and evil, and that we should forgive them for their errors, even when they harm us. Marcus stresses that social animals such as humans are meant to live in harmony. He likened his relation to bad people to them being different body parts of the same person. Good and bad people are both part of the same universal The Meditations and they are meant to interact and cooperate. Marcus Aurelius—and indeed all the Stoics—believed that we were part of an inner-connected organism. It is against nature to despise evil people and try to avoid them. When we find ourselves judging others, we ought to consider our The Meditations faults first. Then we will find that we are less prone to blaming them. The Meditations than judge and be disturbed by others, which sets us up for disappointment and distress, we ought to focus on The Meditations. Marcus said. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own. We know about the comings and goings of celebrities and politicians. We get real time updates on everything our friends do. We see what they say on social media and we get their texts and photos. We have opinions on whether so-and-so should have done this and we watch the media chatter about it. We get offended when our friends say this or that. This is a trap. This is a distraction. Even 2, years ago Marcus knew this. Focus on yourself— focus on what you might be doing wrong. Fix that. Keep an eye fixed on your own life. Marcus repeatedly explains why the pursuit of fame and praise is foolish and why we especially should not care about what others think of us after we die. He points out that so many famous men have been forgotten, that those who would praise one posthumously will themselves soon die. He explains The Meditations there are no immortal actions:. He also explains that nothing is made better by praise, the beauty of things comes from the thing itself and not what people say about it. To think then that we are gaining something by being praised is a mistake. Marcus and the Stoics see doing good as the proper job of a human being. So why on earth do you need thanks or recognition for having done the right thing? Why would you need to be famous? Because you were talented? Because you were brilliant? Because you were successful? These things are part of the job too. The desire for fame is just one of the pitfalls in life. There are many other desires, all of which can potentially lead us to act immorally. He cites a philosopher, Theophrastus, who claims that bad acts committed because of desires are more blameworthy than evils done out of anger. A person who has been harmed was wronged, whereas the person with strong desires is ignoring the well-being of others because they want something more than they want The Meditations be virtuous. Desires can also lead to despair. Marcus addresses this when he talks about The Meditations, claiming that one should not asks the gods to satisfy a desire or prevent something feared, but ask them if they can remove the desire and be okay with whatever life gives to them. He reminds us that all of us will die, however, we only ever lose the present moment because that is all we ever have. The longest and shortest life will end the same way and be finished for the same eternity. He also reminds us that we could die at any moment and to The Meditations to the fullest while we still can. Death overshadows you. Marcus teaches that we should act quickly to get our affairs in order and take advantage of our fleeting existence and live well. It is The Meditations way of our world that substances should change into new things. The changing of anything into something else is never harmful to the universe, and Marcus applies The Meditations lack of harmfulness to every part The Meditations the universe, including us. What can take place without change? What The Meditations is more pleasing or The Meditations suitable to the universal nature? And canst thou take a bath unless the wood The Meditations a change? And canst thou be nourished, unless the food undergoes a change? And can anything else that is useful be accomplished without change? Being superior to pain and pleasure allows us to fully accept the course of nature and focus on being virtuous. Our perceptions of events as troublesome are the real source of any unhappiness we experience, not the events themselves. Marcus believed that a person could immediately wipe any upsetting impressions from their mind and be at peace. The Meditations also recommended remembering the The Meditations whenever we experience anxiety:. He explains it perfectly when he says. Events can cause people to lose their cool and act immorally, but still they are not harmed by the events, but rather their reaction to them.
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