Meditations
Marcus Aurelius · translated by George Long
A Roman emperor’s private notebook on duty, death and keeping calm. Two thousand years old and still the most-read book on Stoicism.
First published c. 180 · 49,870 words · about 3 hours to read · 151 pages at 10.3″
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- PDF, 7–8″, with notes margin 199 pages, 0.9 MB
- PDF, 7–8″, without notes margin 176 pages, 0.9 MB
- PDF, 7.3″ tall, with notes margin 195 pages, 0.9 MB
- PDF, 7.3″ tall, without notes margin 189 pages, 0.8 MB
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