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  • Published: 22 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141395869
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $26.99

Meditations




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Written by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius are the spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Today these simple, practical aphorisms continue to offer guidance and consolation to many with their eloquence, wisdom and humility.

  • Published: 22 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141395869
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $26.99

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Praise for Meditations

Martin Hammond's translation of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, like his Iliad and Odyssey, is the work of an unusually gifted translator, and one who understands the value added by careful attention to supplementary material. He writes natural English, direct and often eloquent; the text is well supported by effective notes and a characteristically thorough and well-planned index; Diskin Clay supplies a useful introduction. This is a fine volume

Malcolm Heath, Greece & Rome Journal

Marcus is well served by this new translation. Hammond has a pithy turn of phrase to match the emperor's own . . . His notes abound in helpful explanation and illuminating cross-reference. Diskin Clay contributes a sparkling and sympathetic introduction. The combination of introduction, translation and notes is as good as they get

John Taylor, Journal of Classics Teaching