Marcus Aurelius – Meditations – Audiobook

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Book 1 – 0:00:11
Book 2 – 0:20:35
Book 3 – 0:37:05
Book 4 – 0:57:09
Book 5 – 1:29:00
Book 6 – 2:00:00
Book 7 – 2:33:09
Book 8 – 3:04:55
Book 9 – 3:37:20
Book 10 – 4:07:09
Book 11 – 4:38:44
Book 12 – 5:05:48

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Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman empire from AD 161-180. He wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180. Some of it was written while he was positioned at Aquincum on campaign in Pannonia, because internal notes tell us that the first book was written when he was campaigning against the Quadi on the river Granova and the second book was written at Carnuntum.

It is unlikely that Marcus Aurelius ever intended the writings to be published and the work has no official title, so “Meditations” is one of several titles commonly assigned to the collection. These writings take the form of quotations varying in length from one sentence to long paragraphs.

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Vox Stoica says:

A shorter summary of Meditations is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu0xDtK3g3Q
Buy on Amazon: http://geni.us/BuyMeditations | Audible: https://geni.us/MeditationsOnAudible
Book 1 – 0:00:11
Book 2 – 0:20:35
Book 3 – 0:37:05
Book 4 – 0:57:09
Book 5 – 1:29:00
Book 6 – 2:00:00
Book 7 – 2:33:09
Book 8 – 3:04:55
Book 9 – 3:37:20
Book 10 – 4:07:09
Book 11 – 4:38:44
Book 12 – 5:05:48
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Anal Thunder says:

No public schools,, lol,,, smart man

Aleada Siragusa says:

So much wisdom – thank you! 1.14 From my brother Severus, to love my kin, and to love truth, and to love justice; and through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus;[12] and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for all, a polity administered with regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech, and the idea of a kingly government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed; I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy; and a disposition to do good, and to give to others readily, and to cherish good hopes, and to believe that I am loved by my friends; and in him I observed no concealment of his opinions with respect to those whom he condemned, and that his friends had no need to conjecture what he wished or did not wish, but it was quite plain. Marcus Aurelius translated by George Long

Sellem on Rerock says:

When the modern man seeks inner peace and contentment

Pegasus says:

Stamáta vlakas – This is terrible …History is why more clear with a Hellenic classical education, and someone who speaks like a native Greek and not as an outsider/foreigner who learned Greek.

Dionysius Pyrrhus [el] requests the exclusive use of Hellene in his Cheiragogy: "Never desire to call yourselves Romans, but Hellenes, for the Romans from ancient Rome enslaved and destroyed Hellas." Plus: English historians preferred to use Roman terminology (Edward Gibbon used it in a particularly belittling manner), while French historians preferred to call it Greek. And George Gemistus Plethon pointed out to Constantine Palaeologus that the people he leads are "Hellenes, as their race and language and education testifies". Ducas Vatatzes, wrote in a letter to Pope Gregory IX about the wisdom that "rains upon the Hellenic nation". He maintained that the transfer of the imperial authority from Rome to Constantinople was national and not geographic, and therefore did not belong to the Latins occupying Constantinople: Constantine's heritage was passed on to the Hellenes, so he argued, and they alone were its inheritors and successors. His son, Theodore II Lascaris, was eager to project the name of the Greeks with true nationalistic zeal. He made it a point that "the Hellenic race looms over all other languages" and that "every kind of philosophy and form of knowledge is a discovery of Hellenes […]. What do you, O Rome, have to display?"

There are basically two types of people in the world. Hellenes and Phil-Hellenes (Greeks, and those who love Greeks)

In the beginning… God created the Earth, and in the light blue waters, put a small ship to travel forever, in order not only to give birth but also to transfer great ideas all over the world … He called that ship…HELLAS!

The Greeks created it, the Romans and Germans copy it, and the English exploit it. ?

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus?

curiosity 2019 says:

He's as good if not better than Jesus.

Rafael Schellenberg says:

10:48 : "And I observed that he had overcome all passion for boys."

Andrew Snowmon says:

Perfection!

Thomas Albertini says:

The difference between affection and affectation is an important one to preserve.

Dr. Syed Muntasir Mamun says:

3:57

jaca van heesch says:

BOOOOOOOOOOOORIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!!!!! stoics are cucks and epicurians are chads:)

Zibaharo says:

Would love to get this updated to an more accessible vocabulary style… Great book but sometimes difficult for me. Great voice, great job on the videos

Spiriteye says:

Stoicism is about Spiritual Enlightenment and Meditation.
Guardiantext.org ?

Rohit Shrivastava says:

49:25

Dave McKay says:

Endeavor to Persevere.

here and now says:

My one of the favorite quote of this book was:
"But
death and life, success and failure, pain and pleasure, wealth

and poverty, all these happen to good and bad alike, and they

are neither noble nor shameful—and hence neither good nor

bad."

Abdallah Arafah says:

41:05 is the best line in the whole book

Karyn Petersen says:

"I recommend this guide:
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So grateful it exists."
5:17

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Gina Marie says:

Nobody is reading a newspaper and that is a lousy choice of marketing

Frugustin says:

4:09:10 This is such laughable bullshit cope. Internal remembrance is not a "mere nothing" when your name becomes a month for the entire planet and then used in different languages as a word "king" is not a "mere nothing." Book 4 is like some kind of inferiority complex spilled over the paper. I'm sorry Aurelius but your name, conduct and deeds weren't swallowed by the abyss of time and probably never will, as long as humanity still exists. Your actions and character are still judged and analyzed almost 2000 years later. So this "don't worry we're all equal in death" the most blatant falsehood in this entire philosophy.

krishna mohan says:

Thanks for the great and wonderful stuff for the entire universe..every being is important,temporary work designed for purposes byGod,..all the content of books ? are touching souls..universe souls..for peaceful and beautiful life

TooMainstreamToBeTrue says:

Plato would be like : " Hey , I wrote the Phylosopher King as a gist lmao ! "

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