More seriously, if anyone likes this sort of material it’s worth giving a translation of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius a read. It’s a very dry but thought-provoking series of observations recorded by a Roman emperor and stoic philosopher. Rather than trying to read it as a traditional book, I recommend stashing a copy of it in your bathroom (or keeping a copy in your phone’s e-reader app) so that you can slowly thumb through it over time without falling asleep. :) You’ll get to the end eventually, and if I had to credit this thinking exercise somewhere I’m inclined to steer people in his direction. It’s great material for reflecting on the pursuit of justice and self-betterment.
I see no major reason to advocate for one translation over another, but if you’re the sort of person who had trouble narrowing down which instance of lemmy to sign up with initially, you can crib off of me and go with The Essential Marcus Aurelius.
I’ve wanted to read Meditations since forever. I’ll try your method, thanks for the suggestion! I hope poor Marcus Aurelius will forgive me for reading his diary in the bathroom.
He totally would. It is basically an entire book of his own bathroom thoughts, so even when you aren’t in the bathroom you are bathrooming vicariously.
Just posted this to Best of Lemmy: https://programming.dev/post/117487
eek, it’s the fuzz! Run away!
More seriously, if anyone likes this sort of material it’s worth giving a translation of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius a read. It’s a very dry but thought-provoking series of observations recorded by a Roman emperor and stoic philosopher. Rather than trying to read it as a traditional book, I recommend stashing a copy of it in your bathroom (or keeping a copy in your phone’s e-reader app) so that you can slowly thumb through it over time without falling asleep. :) You’ll get to the end eventually, and if I had to credit this thinking exercise somewhere I’m inclined to steer people in his direction. It’s great material for reflecting on the pursuit of justice and self-betterment.
I see no major reason to advocate for one translation over another, but if you’re the sort of person who had trouble narrowing down which instance of lemmy to sign up with initially, you can crib off of me and go with The Essential Marcus Aurelius.
I’ve wanted to read Meditations since forever. I’ll try your method, thanks for the suggestion! I hope poor Marcus Aurelius will forgive me for reading his diary in the bathroom.
He totally would. It is basically an entire book of his own bathroom thoughts, so even when you aren’t in the bathroom you are bathrooming vicariously.