{"product_id":"meditations-aurelius","title":"MEDITATIONS-AURELIUS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYour ability to control your thoughts—treat it with respect. It’s all that protects your mind from false perceptions—false to your nature, and that of all rational beings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behaviour, Marcus Aurelius’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMeditations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With bite-size insights and advice on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMeditations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas become required reading not only for statesmen and philosophers alike, but also for generations of readers who responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Gregory Hays’s translation—the first in nearly four decades—Marcus’s thoughts speak with a new immediacy. In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. Never before have Marcus’s insights been so directly and powerfully presented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an Introduction that outlines Marcus’s life and career, the essentials of Stoic doctrine, the style and construction of the Meditations, and the work’s ongoing influence, this edition makes it possible to fully rediscover the thoughts of one of the most enlightened and intelligent leaders of any era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41752184553530,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/6065\/9514\/files\/51yuhuU7xJL._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1792013169","url":"https:\/\/the-better-good-store.myshopify.com\/products\/meditations-aurelius","provider":"The Better Good Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}