Books that Matter: the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius, bust at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome. Photo by the Author.

[The course is now available from The Teaching Company. You may also be interested in checking out my previous course for the same outlet: Think like a Stoic—Ancient Wisdom for Today's World.]

One day, about 18 centuries ago, a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders wrote some notes to himself in a journal. He wrote about becoming a better man. How should he act? What would a truly good life look like? How did ...