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What Would Stoics Do

Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE

Meditations

Translation by George Long (1862) · 483 passages · 12 sections

Marcus Aurelius's private notes to himself, written in Greek late in his life — reminders on how to meet difficult people, pain, loss and death with reason and good will.

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Contents

  1. Book I17 passages
  2. Book II17 passages
  3. Book III16 passages
  4. Book IV51 passages
  5. Book V36 passages
  6. Book VI58 passages
  7. Book VII74 passages
  8. Book VIII61 passages
  9. Book IX42 passages
  10. Book X38 passages
  11. Book XI37 passages
  12. Book XII36 passages

Source and licence

Edition
The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus, translated by George Long (1862)
Status
Tier A: Public domain in the UK and the US. Translator died 1879: public domain in the UK (life+70) and the US (published 1862).
Attribution
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, tr. George Long (1862). Text: Standard Ebooks (CC0).
Digital text
Standard Ebooks (opens in a new tab) · CC0 1.0 (Standard Ebooks dedicates its own contributions to the public domain)

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