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Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius
Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
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Meditations is former US President Bill Clinton's favorite book. This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor AD 161-180, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.

Public Domain (P)2015 Trout Lake Media Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature Classics Collections Europe Greek & Roman History Italy Philosophy Stoicism Meditation

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The only problem is, that the sound quality is not the best, you really have to struggle to understand the words at times.

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Gave me clarity in my findings and helped me sharpen my focus on my projects

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Narration is clear, and the voice is rich and inviting. Couple this with the Stoic philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, and you'll have a great listen.

My favourite book

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Sunday afternoon/evening read/listen, the topic at the moment is: Stoicism basically wisdom and philosophy, which I’ve been following for quite awhile before I move back to Warriors and conquerers with Alexander the Great amongst others 💪 🤓

“Being stoic is being calm and almost without any emotion. When you're stoic, you don't show what you're feeling and you also accept whatever is happening without drama. The noun stoic is a person who's not very emotional. The adjective stoic describes any person, action, or thing that seems emotionless and almost blank, the top three are (Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus)”.

It doesn’t mean you’re a heartless, you just think about things logically sometimes philosophically before reacting, if at all, just not emotionally charged, also handy when dealing with any kind of adversity, aggression or altercation for example.

Loving stoic wisdom and philosophy

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It's the original text written in the then current style of Roman writing (think shakespear) without any modern translation, and whilst I might not be averse to listening to the original. The pace makes it quite difficult.

Just as my brain is trying to construct the sentence in it's original form and translate it into the current meaning the narrator has moved on.

It's difficult to understand and almost impossible to digest.

The narrator's pace if slowed down may help but it would still be difficult.

Original Roman text read at a relatively fast pace

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I brought this version because it's super cheap and the narrator has a nice old school accent which I thought would add to the book, but actually, it's almost impossible to understand! I will be returning this book I will buy the actual version with up to date English narration.

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