this video doesnt teach or talk about how to read it. save your time. click bait titles. how to read it..start at the beginning and work your way towards the end. if you dont grasp something immediately. give it another chance some other time. thats how ive read it. and ive read it about 5 times in the last year.
Great meditation to start the day- I carry Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" in my car to remind me that I am responsible for things that I can control- frees up a sense of prohairesis .
Dude, you’ve got such a beautiful versions of the stoic books. Hardbound leather with gold pages. Please provide links for those gorgeous copies. I want to have a beautiful bookshelf of Stoic Classics.
Do you prefer Meditations or Letters from a Stoic? Obviously both from different individuals but I'm always curious of which is a better read. I own Meditations but still deciding if I should also purchase Letters. Thanks for the content.
I bough the fancy book but the font was really small and had to buy the classic version. All good, that one will be a display version but make note for future release on making the font a bit larger 🙏
I brought what Ryan suggested to be the definitive version of meditations aka Gregory hates version and the introduction so tedious I simply just skipped most and started off with reading debts and lessons. Originally read the book app version almost a year ago but it didn’t really feel right
Actually another way to know how to read it, is to also read Donald Robertsons "How to think like a Roman emperor." The book interpret Meditations on some level too.
I have this book but dont know what to practice first btw really it is more worthful than any other book by saying any other book I mean it does remind you of the most important tasks of your life and keep you on THE RIGHT track like I think It is about perception of anyone everyone has their own idea for everything so I think in my own perception it really is maybe not the greatest book but one of the most important books
@@johnnyregs2378 One of the ideas Marcus puts across is not to be so quick to correct others as they may not have had the same background as you. Why not put that into practice?
Good idea? Perhaps it's for you. Perhaps not. Problem with the pitch here, the animator portrays Marcus Aurelius as more a statue than a living breathing human being. His meditations provide a route to becoming more human and more humane. Thus we shouldn't imagine him as statue-like--immobile, on a pedestal, or like the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, a statue come (half) to life. Instead, he should use your imagination to see him as a man of flesh and blood, of strengths and weaknesses, of insights and blind spots (not so nice when it came to throwing people to the lions). Like him for his ideals.
Ive been trying to read just 5 pages a day but its so difficult, i dont know if its just the version i have but i find it to be so incredibly wordy that i just zone out.
Well, AI is trained on a given dataset, so it will only recite what was already written out, and at best "mix" things up which people think is "new and created by the AI". Therefore Ideas generated by AI may look new but in the core nothing really new will come up other than by humans
It is not the greatest book ever written, it's almost not even a book, it's a diary that repeats the same problems over and over again. Aurelius would be rolling his eyes. It's an important artifact of history.
Don’t get to close to your idols. You will see that they are real people, not superheroes and you will get disappointed - unless you realize that they are just people.
Life is like a river. You never step in the same river twice.
That is a profound thought.
Marcus Aurelius parroting Heraclitus here. The Stoics owe a lot to his ideas and insights.
this video doesnt teach or talk about how to read it. save your time. click bait titles.
how to read it..start at the beginning and work your way towards the end. if you dont grasp something immediately. give it another chance some other time. thats how ive read it. and ive read it about 5 times in the last year.
yeah it’s an advertisement lol
Brilliant advice that's also how I read the book
Great meditation to start the day- I carry Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" in my car to remind me that I am responsible for things that I can control- frees up a sense of prohairesis .
Ordered Meditations and course - looking forward to it!
Glad you uploaded this just the right time
Dude, you’ve got such a beautiful versions of the stoic books. Hardbound leather with gold pages. Please provide links for those gorgeous copies. I want to have a beautiful bookshelf of Stoic Classics.
Going to the comment section after reading the title. This ought to be good!
Do you prefer Meditations or Letters from a Stoic? Obviously both from different individuals but I'm always curious of which is a better read. I own Meditations but still deciding if I should also purchase Letters. Thanks for the content.
does someone know what the background music used in the video is?
thank you
I bough the fancy book but the font was really small and had to buy the classic version. All good, that one will be a display version but make note for future release on making the font a bit larger 🙏
I love the Meditations and wisdom within it has helped me tremendously through life's struggles, but the greatest book ever written is the Holy Bible.
I brought what Ryan suggested to be the definitive version of meditations aka Gregory hates version and the introduction so tedious I simply just skipped most and started off with reading debts and lessons. Originally read the book app version almost a year ago but it didn’t really feel right
Actually another way to know how to read it, is to also read Donald Robertsons "How to think like a Roman emperor." The book interpret Meditations on some level too.
Thank you
Epictetus 's Meditations or Enchiridion is even better.
"Overshoot" by William Catton is the greatest book ever written.
What about Letters form a stoic?
Dude, I'm doing the Bible in a year podcast. Would love to see a similar thing with this.
He actually has a Daily Stoic audiobook which may be just what you’re looking for. It’s a 366 “chapter/entry” audiobook.
I have this book but dont know what to practice first btw really it is more worthful than any other book by saying any other book I mean it does remind you of the most important tasks of your life and keep you on THE RIGHT track like I think It is about perception of anyone everyone has their own idea for everything so I think in my own perception it really is maybe not the greatest book but one of the most important books
Hopefully it teaches you to use punctuation.
@@johnnyregs2378 what are you trying to say I did not understood did I offended someone 😞
@@johnnyregs2378 One of the ideas Marcus puts across is not to be so quick to correct others as they may not have had the same background as you. Why not put that into practice?
I have a little problem I am a spanish speaker
Good idea? Perhaps it's for you. Perhaps not. Problem with the pitch here, the animator portrays Marcus Aurelius as more a statue than a living breathing human being. His meditations provide a route to becoming more human and more humane. Thus we shouldn't imagine him as statue-like--immobile, on a pedestal, or like the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, a statue come (half) to life. Instead, he should use your imagination to see him as a man of flesh and blood, of strengths and weaknesses, of insights and blind spots (not so nice when it came to throwing people to the lions). Like him for his ideals.
Ive been trying to read just 5 pages a day but its so difficult, i dont know if its just the version i have but i find it to be so incredibly wordy that i just zone out.
Read meditations by Marcus Aurelius translated by gregory hays. This version is very popular and written in simple language
@@ismailzabiullah811 thank you I'll check that out.
Have the same version and it’s fantastic
I hear you, John. My suggestion is to go smaller. Bite off a page a day. That's plenty to think about. Best wishes.
Am I missing something? When I clicked on it I didn't see anything about a book club. It was just a book that was for sale?
I developed more appreciation and more interest in Meditations after reading Epictetus.
How does A.I. change philosophy in the future , if so ?
Well, AI is trained on a given dataset, so it will only recite what was already written out, and at best "mix" things up which people think is "new and created by the AI". Therefore Ideas generated by AI may look new but in the core nothing really new will come up other than by humans
It is not the greatest book ever written, it's almost not even a book, it's a diary that repeats the same problems over and over again. Aurelius would be rolling his eyes. It's an important artifact of history.
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Agreed. Hard to read, but some pearls of wisdom and interesting to see into someone else's mind.
last time I checked he was an expert on meditations and not you, but if I'm wrong correct me
We’re all entitled to our opinion
@@nevertellmethaoddz8581 Yes. Except when it's objectively false. Then it's just a dumb claim.
Just a thought “who are new and current philosophers in this recent age ?”
sales pitch
You cant call IT the best book
Agreed, Stephen King has written way better stories.
He called it the Greatest Book.
Sure he can. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions whether you agree or not.
Might as well read the Tao Te Ching
The greatest book ever written is a book called the Holy Bible... praise Jesus!!
You should look up how Marcus Aurelius dealt with his unfaithful wife. It's not what most people would consider stoic lol. Quite barbaric, actually.
Don’t get to close to your idols. You will see that they are real people, not superheroes and you will get disappointed - unless you realize that they are just people.
Repent and believe in the Gospel, there is only one Gospel and to believe any others is a sin. Beware of false prophets - Glory be to God ❤
You are the greatest example of a false prophet.
The Catholic Church is surely a false prophet? Yeah? With all the children and cover ups ?
the bible
Great work of fiction!
I prefer non fiction myself.
@@mr.bnatural3700Recent archaeological and geological studies of the ancient world are correlating history with Biblical accounts.
It's a good book I read it and learned from it but the greatest book is the Quran
A book of lies and stories about pedophilia and rape? Weird choice man