Podcasts discussing this book
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What podcasters say about Meditations
- Marcus Aurelius wrote in Meditations that 'you can commit an injustice by doing nothing also' β a self-damning admission given Rome's slave society
- Marcus Aurelius credits Antoninus as his model in Meditations Book 6.30, listing traits including gentleness, modesty, decisiveness, and tolerance of criticism.
- Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditations 5:20 that the mind converts any obstacle to action into a means of achieving its purpose.
- According to Gregory Hays' translation of Meditations, when people obstruct our tasks, they become as irrelevant as the sun or wind.
- Pierre Hadot's The Inner Citadel The ref-book-meditations:Meditations:Meditations of Marcus Aurelius explores the Stoic art of turning obstacles upside down to our advantage.
Episodes mentioning Meditations
Itβs So Hard To Find | Stop Looking For This
12 Stoic Rules For A Better Life
Which Of These Are You? | What's In Your Way Is The Way
What Our Fathers Teach Us, For Better Or Worse | Tom Junod