The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius – 1925

An attractive 1925 pocket edition of the Meditations, or Thoughts of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, a founding text of the Stoic principles of philosophy.

Divided into 12 sections, the notes were never intended for publication and outline a range of thoughts and ideas. They were titled in full as the Commentaries of the Emperor Marcus Antonius, Containing his Maxims of Science and Rules of Life.

This is a translation by John Jackson rom the original Greek, in which the notes were written in the 2nd century AD.

Published by Oxford University Press in 1925 as part of its World’s Classic series of books. It first appeared in this edition in 1906.

Hardback, bound in the original brown morocco with embossed boards and gilt lettering to spine.Binding tight and square. Clean inside with no writing or marking. Some bumps and rubbing to corners.