Meditations

De: Marcus Aurelius

Narrado por: Peter Batchelor

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

One Of The Great Works

I was exposed to stoicism several years ago, it has since changed my life. You can see the threads of much of what Aurelius writes in modern self mastery and in religious texts, about how to properly live one's life; truthful, just, and meek. I try my best to live up to these ideals.

Inspired

To meditate on who I am. lost in words like Marcus was actually lecturing my spirit..

good book

Trying to switch up my reading. Good book. It's interesting to see the thoughts and perspectives of someone that lived almost 2000 years ago. The author was very intelligent and well spoken.. @XTRNL619

Amazing book but Narrator lacks

Fantastic book, read numerous times, however the narrator is unenthusiastic, lacks rhythm and has no spacing in separate passages. It all comes out in one messy splat.

Really bad narrative

The narration was without any pauses to indicate different structural pauses. Felt like I was listening on single long sentence.

Timeless Inspiration

Absolutely love the life and story of Verissimus. A must read to all generations for a balanced and harmonious life.

Fantastic take on a fantastic book.

Very well worth the listen - many quotable passages, and the speaker is understandable even at 1.5x speed.

great narrator, tough books

the narrator dies an excellent job given the material he is presented with. Aurelius, of course, is brilliant.
easily understood version of this masterpiece

Great narration.

Would you listen to Meditations again? Why?

I would listen again because I have read this book twice before and each time it remains fresh. And while I consider Peter Batchelor an excellent narrator, this is one of those books that must be studied in print as well as heard to get the maximum benefit.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Meditations?

I was especially impressed this time around with all the parallels to Biblical and especially New Testament/Pauline writings. For a non-Christian stoic who had a most unfavorable view of Christians, the similarity to Christian writings in his Meditations are striking.

Philosophy makes one wise

A very good book. Makes you think profoundly. For a certain parts, I listened multiple times. Very beautiful reading too.