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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Paper book: €26.99

Digital: €10.99

Original publication
180
Bilingual edition
12 June 2026
Pages
481
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Philosophy
Moods
Think it through, Understand myself
Translated from
English

Book summary

In the midst of wars and the cares of power, Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, wrote notes for himself alone, to stay calm and just. In them he reminds himself of what really matters: doing your duty, accepting what you cannot change, and not letting others disturb you.

These thoughts help us step back from everyday difficulties, and keep calm when everything around us is in turmoil.

Short and clear, they can be read one by one, at your own pace, in the language you are learning.

The plot

Three maxims for living well. “The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.”.

The world of the book

A notebook written far from Rome. The emperor Marcus Aurelius spends years on the Danube, the river that marks the Empire’s northern frontier.

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