Written by a Roman emperor for no one but himself, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius are among the most personal records of Stoic philosophy to survive from antiquity: the private notes of a man who ruled the Roman world, reminding himself how to stay just, calm and useful to others.Composed in Greek in the last decade of his life, the twelve books move from gratitude to the family and teachers who formed him to reflections on duty, anger, loss, fame, the brevity of life and the a...