The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius

Author: Aurelius, Marcus

Ancient Rome

Published on 3 April 2025 by BASIC BOOKS in the United States.

Hardback | 240 pages
185 x 136 x 23 | 294g

An exquisite abridged edition of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations by a renowned translatorMarcus Aurelius Antoninus was the sixteenth emperor of Rome-and by far the most powerful man in the world. His collected thoughts, gems that have come to be called his Meditations, have proved an inexhaustible source of wisdom and one of the most important Stoic texts of all time. In often passionate language, the entries range from one-line aphorisms to essays, from profundity to bitterness. An abridged and portable edition of Marcus Aurelius's sage insights, The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius illuminates one of the greatest works of popular philosophy ever composed.