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Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics) Taschenbuch – 6. Mai 2003
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“To me, this is the greatest book ever written. . . . It is the definitive text on self-discipline, personal ethics, humility, self-actualization, and strength. . . . If you’re going to read it, you absolutely have to go with the Gregory Hays translation.”—Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way
“It is unbelievable to see how the emperor’s words have stood the test of time. . . . Read a page or two anytime you feel like the world is too much.”—Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Wall Street Journal
Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.
Your ability to control your thoughts—treat it with respect. It’s all that protects your mind from false perceptions—false to your nature, and that of all rational beings.
A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With bite-size insights and advice on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others, Meditations has become required reading not only for statesmen and philosophers alike, but also for generations of readers who responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style.
In Gregory Hays’s translation—the first in nearly four decades—Marcus’s thoughts speak with a new immediacy. In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. Never before have Marcus’s insights been so directly and powerfully presented.
With an Introduction that outlines Marcus’s life and career, the essentials of Stoic doctrine, the style and construction of the Meditations, and the work’s ongoing influence, this edition makes it possible to fully rediscover the thoughts of one of the most enlightened and intelligent leaders of any era.
- ISBN-109780812968255
- ISBN-13978-0812968255
- AuflageNew ed
- HerausgeberRandom House Publishing Group
- Erscheinungstermin6. Mai 2003
- SpracheEnglisch
- Abmessungen13.06 x 1.35 x 20.19 cm
- Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe273 Seiten
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In Gregory Hays's new translation--the first in a generation--Marcus's thoughts speak with a new immediacy: never before have they been so directly and powerfully presented.
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Gregory Hays is associate professor of classics at the University of Virginia. He maintains an annotated bibliography of Fulgentius the Mythmaker.
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Debts and Lessons
1. My grandfather Verus
Character and self-control.
2. My father (from my own memories and
his reputation)
Integrity and manliness.
3. My mother
Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceive of doing it. And the simple way she lived-not in the least like the rich.
4. My great-grandfather
To avoid the public schools, to hire good private teachers, and to accept the resulting costs as money well-spent.
5. My first teacher
Not to support this side or that in chariot-racing, this fighter or that in the games. To put up with discomfort and not make demands. To do my own work, mind my own business, and have no time for slanderers.
6. Diognetus
Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and exorcism and all the rest of it. Not to be obsessed with quail-fighting or other crazes like that. To hear unwelcome truths. To practice philosophy, and to study with Baccheius, and then with Tandasis and Marcianus. To write dialogues as a student. To choose the Greek lifestyle-the camp-bed and the cloak.
7. Rusticus
The recognition that I needed to train and discipline my character.
Not to be sidetracked by my interest in rhetoric. Not to write treatises on abstract questions, or deliver moralizing little sermons, or compose imaginary descriptions of The Simple Life or The Man Who Lives Only for Others. To steer clear of oratory, poetry and belles lettres.
Not to dress up just to stroll around the house, or things like that. To write straightforward letters (like the one he sent my mother from Sinuessa). And to behave in a conciliatory way when people who have angered or annoyed us want to make up.
To read attentively-not to be satisfied with "just getting the gist of it." And not to fall for every smooth talker.
And for introducing me to Epictetus's lectures-and loaning me his own copy.
8. Apollonius
Independence and unvarying reliability, and to pay attention to nothing, no matter how fleetingly, except the logos. And to be the same in all circumstances-intense pain, the loss of a child, chronic illness. And to see clearly, from his example, that a man can show both strength and flexibility.
His patience in teaching. And to have seen someone who clearly viewed his expertise and ability as a teacher as the humblest of virtues.
And to have learned how to accept favors from friends without losing your self-respect or appearing ungrateful.
9. Sextus
Kindness.
An example of fatherly authority in the home. What it means to live as nature requires.
Gravity without airs.
To show intuitive sympathy for friends, tolerance to amateurs and sloppy thinkers. His ability to get along with everyone: sharing his company was the highest of compliments, and the opportunity an honor for those around him.
To investigate and analyze, with understanding and logic, the principles we ought to live by.
Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love.
To praise without bombast; to display expertise without pretension.
10. The literary critic Alexander
Not to be constantly correcting people, and in particular not to jump on them whenever they make an error of usage or a grammatical mistake or mispronounce something, but just answer their question or add another example, or debate the issue itself (not their phrasing), or make some other contribution to the discussion-and casually insert the correct expression.
11. Fronto
To recognize the malice, cunning and hypocrisy that power produces, and the peculiar ruthlessness often shown by people from "good families."
12. Alexander the Platonist
Not to be constantly telling people (or writing them) that I'm too busy, unless I really am. Similarly, not to be always ducking my responsibilities to the people around me because of "pressing business."
13. Catulus
Not to shrug off a friend's resentment-even unjustified resentment-but try to put things right.
To show your teachers ungrudging respect (the Domitius and Athenodotus story), and your children unfeigned love.
14. [My brother] Severus
To love my family, truth and justice. It was through him that I encountered Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion and Brutus, and conceived of a society of equal laws, governed by equality of status and of speech, and of rulers who respect the liberty of their subjects above all else.
And from him as well, to be steady and consistent in valuing philosophy.
And to help others and be eager to share, not to be a pessimist, and never to doubt your friends' affection for you. And that when people incurred his disapproval, they always knew it. And that his friends never had to speculate about his attitude to anything: it was always clear.
15. Maximus
Self-control and resistance to distractions.
Optimism in adversity-especially illness.
A personality in balance: dignity and grace together.
Doing your job without whining.
Other people's certainty that what he said was what he thought, and what he did was done without malice.
Never taken aback or apprehensive. Neither rash nor hesitant-or bewildered, or at a loss. Not obsequious-but not aggressive or paranoid either.
Generosity, charity, honesty.
The sense he gave of staying on the path rather than being kept on it.
That no one could ever have felt patronized by him-or in a position to patronize him.
A sense of humor.
16. My adopted father
Compassion. Unwavering adherence to decisions, once he'd reached them. Indifference to superficial honors. Hard work. Persistence.
Listening to anyone who could contribute to the public good.
His dogged determination to treat people as they deserved.
A sense of when to push and when to back off.
Putting a stop to the pursuit of boys.
His altruism. Not expecting his friends to keep him entertained at dinner or to travel with him (unless they wanted to). And anyone who had to stay behind to take care of something always found him the same when he returned.
His searching questions at meetings. A kind of single-mindedness, almost, never content with first impressions, or breaking off the discussion prematurely.
His constancy to friends-never getting fed up with them, or playing favorites.
Self-reliance, always. And cheerfulness.
And his advance planning (well in advance) and his discreet attention to even minor things.
His restrictions on acclamations-and all attempts to flatter him.
His constant devotion to the empire's needs. His stewardship of the treasury. His willingness to take responsibility-and blame-for both.
His attitude to the gods: no superstitiousness. And his attitude to men: no demagoguery, no currying favor, no pandering. Always sober, always steady, and never vulgar or a prey to fads.
The way he handled the material comforts that fortune had supplied him in such abundance-without arrogance and without apology. If they were there, he took advantage of them. If not, he didn't miss them.
No one ever called him glib, or shameless, or pedantic. They saw him for what he was: a man tested by life, accomplished, unswayed by flattery, qualified to govern both himself and them.
His respect for people who practiced philosophy-at least, those who were sincere about it. But without denigrating the others-or listening to them.
His ability to feel...
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- ASIN : 0812968255
- Herausgeber : Random House Publishing Group
- Erscheinungstermin : 6. Mai 2003
- Auflage : New ed
- Sprache : Englisch
- Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe : 273 Seiten
- ISBN-10 : 9780812968255
- ISBN-13 : 978-0812968255
- Abmessungen : 13.06 x 1.35 x 20.19 cm
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- Bewertet in Deutschland am 18. Juni 2025Formatieren: TaschenbuchVerifizierter Kauf„Meditations“ von Marcus Aurelius ist ein Werk, das mich tief beeindruckt hat. In seinen persönlichen Aufzeichnungen, die ursprünglich nicht für die Veröffentlichung bestimmt waren, teilt der römische Kaiser und Stoiker seine Gedanken über Selbstdisziplin, Ethik und das Leben im Allgemeinen. Die neue Übersetzung von Gregory Hays bringt diese Gedanken in einer klaren und zugänglichen Sprache zum Leben, wodurch die Weisheit des Originals für moderne Leser verständlich wird.
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- Bewertet in Deutschland am 1. Juni 2023Formatieren: TaschenbuchVerifizierter Kauf'Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)' is a revelation, both enlightening and rejuvenating. This new translation brings the timeless teachings of Marcus Aurelius to the forefront of modern consciousness in a way that is both accessible and inspiring.
It’s easy to feel disconnected from texts that were written almost two millennia ago, but this new translation bridges that gap with finesse. Marcus Aurelius' insights are rendered in clear, contemporary language that loses none of the original profundity, making the wisdom of one of the greatest Roman emperors and stoic philosophers readily digestible for today's readers.
What truly stands out in 'Meditations' is its enduring relevance. The central themes—how to lead a good and meaningful life, how to understand oneself and the world, how to cope with hardship—are as applicable now as they were during the times of Marcus Aurelius. This book serves as a guide, enabling readers to navigate their lives with more clarity, peace, and purpose.
The structure of 'Meditations' lends itself to contemplative reading. Each entry, each thought can be consumed individually, allowing readers to sit with the ideas, mull over them, and truly absorb the depth of Aurelius' wisdom at their own pace. This isn't a book to be rushed; it's a wellspring of insight that invites slow, deliberate engagement.
The physical quality of the book, published as part of the Modern Library Classics, is also commendable. It's a sturdy, aesthetically pleasing volume with a layout that's easy on the eyes—making the experience of reading it all the more enjoyable.
In conclusion, 'Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)' is more than just a book. It's an invaluable companion for anyone seeking to lead a life guided by wisdom and virtue. Whether you're a longtime lover of philosophy or a curious newcomer, this fresh translation of a timeless classic is a worthy addition to your bookshelf.
- Bewertet in Deutschland am 8. Juni 2025Formatieren: KindleVerifizierter KaufIn der modernen Übersetzung liest sich der Text sehr verständlich. Die enthaltene Einführung ist sehr aufschlussreich.
- Bewertet in Deutschland am 27. August 2020Formatieren: TaschenbuchVerifizierter KaufInteresting outlook particularly in these days, dominated as they are by Covid-19, a little Stoic philosophy is just what the doctor ordered! Interesting content and references to contemporaneous events although, since it was never intended to be a book but more a series of personal reminders and lessons learned, it does not always flow smoothly from section to section. Definitely one for the collection, not many works of this depth written by a historical personalities from the ancient world, particularly one as successful and widely known as Marcus Aurelius.
- Bewertet in Deutschland am 27. April 2025Formatieren: TaschenbuchVerifizierter KaufA timeless masterpiece giving access to the thoughts of one of the greatest philosophers and one the best Roman emperors of all time.
- Bewertet in Deutschland am 28. Januar 2024Formatieren: TaschenbuchVerifizierter KaufThis translation of meditations is a must have. No fancy old timey english or usage of complicated words that require access to a dictionary at all times. The preface which gives a detailed explanation and context is also amazing.
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Formatieren: TaschenbuchVerifizierter Kauf**Meditations: A New Translation by Gregory Hays**
Marcus Aurelius 'Meditations,' a timeless classic of Stoic philosophy, has been revered for centuries as a guide to living a virtuous and meaningful life. Gregory Hays' new translation offers a fresh and accessible rendering of this profound work.
**Clarity and Elegance**
Hays' writing is characterized by its clarity and elegance. He deftly navigates the nuances of Marcus's thought, preserving the original's wisdom while making it approachable to modern readers. The result is a translation that flows effortlessly, inviting the reader to engage deeply with the text.
**Insights for Daily Life**
'Meditations' is not merely a philosophical treatise, but also a practical manual for living. Hays' translation effectively conveys the practical advice and insights that Marcus offers on topics ranging from emotional management to decision-making. By distilling the essence of Marcus's teachings, Hays makes them relevant to the challenges we face in our own lives.
**Historical Context**
Hays provides invaluable annotations and an insightful introduction that contextualizes the text within Marcus's life and times. This historical background enhances the reader's understanding of Marcus's perspective and the relevance of his ideas to his contemporaries.
**Impact**
Hays' translation has been praised by scholars and enthusiasts alike. It has become a go-to resource for those seeking to delve into Stoicism and its transformative potential. The translation's clarity and accessibility have made it a favorite among students, professionals, and anyone interested in personal growth.
**Conclusion**
Gregory Hays' new translation of 'Meditations' is an exceptional work that brings Marcus Aurelius' wisdom to a new generation of readers. Its clarity, elegance, practical insights, and historical context make it an invaluable addition to the canon of Stoic philosophy. For those seeking guidance on living a life of virtue, resilience, and purpose, Hays' translation is an indispensable resource.