Step into the private reflections of a Roman emperor and discover one of the most influential works of philosophy ever written.Meditations is a collection of personal writings and spiritual reflections by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, translated by eminent Classical scholar George Long. His thoughts on how to lead a virtuous life, the importance of tranquillity and his ideas on how to reconcile the challenges of public and private life have become one...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Build a personal library of ideas that have guided leaders, thinkers and seekers for centuries. The Essential Ancient Wisdom Library brings together ten complete works of philosophy, Stoicism, strategy and self-mastery in one accessible volume. Read Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus alongside Plato, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche and James Allen. Move from inner discipline and ethical reflection to political insight, strategic thinking and purposeful living th...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121–180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161—and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others. Consequently, the Meditations have become required reading for statesmen and philosophers alik...

Discover ten enduring guides to courage, discipline, leadership and the examined life. This essential library unites Meditations, Moral Letters to Lucilius, The Enchiridion, Tao Te Ching, The Republic, The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, The Prince, Beyond Good and Evil and As a Man Thinketh. From Stoic calm and Eastern wisdom to strategy and modern self-mastery, the works are arranged as a practical intellectual journey. A structured table of contents gives direct access to every book...

Discover ten enduring guides to courage, discipline, leadership and the examined life. This essential library unites Meditations, Moral Letters to Lucilius, The Enchiridion, Tao Te Ching, The Republic, The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, The Prince, Beyond Good and Evil and As a Man Thinketh. From Stoic calm and Eastern wisdom to strategy and modern self-mastery, the works are arranged as a practical intellectual journey. A structured table of contents gives direct access to every book...

Build a personal library of enduring ideas with ten complete classics of philosophy, leadership, strategy and self-mastery. This collection begins with Stoic discipline and ethical reflection, crosses the Greek and Chinese traditions, and continues into influential European works on power, purpose and the life of the mind. Read Meditations, Moral Letters to Lucilius, The Enchiridion, Tao Te Ching, The Republic, The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, The Prince, Beyond Good and Evil and As...