马可·奥勒留 teachings

Key Takeaway: His personal writings, the Meditations (Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν / Ta eis heauton, 'To Himself'), were never intended for publication but have become the most widely read Stoic text.

His personal writings, the Meditations (Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν / Ta eis heauton, 'To Himself'), were never intended for publication but have become the most widely read Stoic text. Written during military campaigns, they cover discipline, duty, mortality, and the governance of the self.

As the Stoic philosophers — particularly Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations and Seneca in his Letters — wrote, His personal writings, the Meditations (Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν / Ta eis heauton, 'To Himself'), were never intended for publication but have become the most widely read Stoic text.

— Oriens