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“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”\n\n\nOne of the earliest works of Greek philosophy, Meditations is a collection of deep insights into the complexities of human emotions.\n\n\nIn his exemplary work, Marcus Aurelius expresses his gratitude to the ones from whom he learnt important qualities and lessons in life. He reflects over a wide range of subjects including the mind and thoughts, life and death, goodness, self-judgement, leadership.\n\n\nTold through the story of five emperors, Aurelius offer a series of reflections as the emperors struggle to understand these truths of life. Marcus Aurelius’s philosophy has the strength to align the human mind with clarity of direction and bring calm to distressed heart.
Born on 26 April 121 CE, Marcus Aurelius was the Emperor of Rome from 161-18 CE. Considered the last successor of the ?Five Good Emperors?, who were from the Nerva-Antonine dynasty, he was associated with the Golden Age of the Roman Empire. Best known for his widely acclaimed philosophical notes, Meditations, the Emperor was a practitioner of Stoicism. Well-versed in Greek and Latin, he chose to record his reflections in Greek. Written at a turbulent time when he was securing the trans-Danubian frontiers against German invasion, the reflections were personal and a means for selfimprovement and guidance for the Emperor-Philosopher. Celebrated for nobility of character and his philosophical achievement embodied in Meditations, Marcus Aurelius died in 18 CE, marking the end of Pax Romana, the period of peace and stability, for the Roman Empire.
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