The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus
Translated by George Long
Bell and Daldy, London, 1862
First written 170s CE
In the public domain
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Long’s translation of the Meditations, the private notebook of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, in which he reminds himself of the Stoic teaching on the reason that orders all things, the brevity of life and the duties of a human being.
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Marcus Aurelius. The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus. Translated by George Long. Bell and Daldy, London, 1862.
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