by Lennox Johnson
appears in Stoicism.
Arranged in chronological order, from the Ancient Greeks to the present day, A History of Western Philosophy in 500 Quotations features the most important quotations from over two and a half thousand years of Western philosophy, including: Socrates' affirmation that "The unexamined life is not worth living."Descartes' famous conclusion "I think, ...
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Consider Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Recommended by 37 sources.
“A Roman emperor's private journal in which Marcus Aurelius wrestles with anger, mortality, duty, and the difficulty of staying calm while running an empire. The book is a collection of fragmentary reflections organized into twelve short books, each a conversation with himself about not being derailed by other people's frustrations or the fear of death. It reads like a Stoic devotional—repetitive by design, since Marcus was reminding himself of the same truths daily. There is no plot, no system. There is a man trying not to lose himself to the weight of the job.”
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