![]() I suppose it was luck that brought me to the specific translation I’d chosen ( Modern Library Edition )-though the Stoics would call it fated -but what arrived would change my life. But something drew me to this book almost immediately. ![]() I didn’t know who Marcus Aurelius was (besides the old guy in Gladiator) and I certainly didn’t know who Robert Fagles or Gregory Hays, the translator, was. “Here, for our age, is Marcus’s great work,” says Robert Fagles in his blurb. On the cover Marcus is shown in relief, pardoning the barbarians. It’s a medium sized paperback, mostly white with a golden spine. Two or three days later they all arrived. ![]() Amazon Prime didn’t exist then and to qualify for free shipping, I had to purchase a few other books at the same time. ![]() Almost exactly ten years ago, I bought the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius on Amazon. ![]()
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