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He is currently completing a translation and critical study of the mythographer Fulgentius.Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.įew ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. Gregory Hays is assistant professor of classics at the University of Virginia. His later reputation rests on his Meditations, written during his later years and never meant for formal publication. A student of philosophy from his earliest youth, he was especially influenced by the first-century Stoic thinker Epictetus.

121≡80) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in A.D. In Gregory Hays’s new translation—the first in a generation—Marcus’s thoughts speak with a new immediacy: never before have they been so directly and powerfully presented. Marcus’s insights and advice—on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others—have made the Meditations required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. Marcus’s insights and advice—on everything from living in the world to coping with adve A New Translation, with an Introduction, by Gregory Hays A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written.

A New Translation, with an Introduction, by Gregory Hays A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written.