I am looking into getting Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, I was just wondering which English translation is best.
>>8064080
I have the penguin edition. Honestly, it isn't really literature in the sense that the prose matters. It's more of a random assortment of lessons Aurelius learned over his life.
the version i just wrote, in which the word 'ass' can be used as shorthand for any idea or compound of ideas assigned to it:
ass
>>8064080
Pick up the Penguin Great Ideas one i'm reading it at the moment.
The translation isn't really important because it's just a series of aphorisms that he coined over the years.
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>>8064080
I have a copy of the George Long Translation, one of the only books I've sought worthwhile to reread, Timaeus, Crime and Punishment being the other two. You're in for a treat OP.
You should get something good instead
>>8064157
More like Ed Gein serial killer mode amirite
Even the family background fits. Homosexuality, multiple family members died or killed themselves. Lock Witty up in a dank cell!
>>8064481
i think all 3 of his platonic lovers died in their 20s which is mysterious now that you mention it
>>8064503
"platonic"
lol