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Meditations

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Marcus Aurelius on Identity — What the Meditations Found

Marcus Aurelius had the world's most impressive title. His private notebooks spent twenty years asking what he was without it.

May 9, 2026
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for Modern Readers

The first thing most people notice about Meditations is that it repeats itself. Here is what that repetition was actually doing.

May 4, 2026
He Was Writing to Himself — Marcus Aurelius and the Meditations

What the Meditations reveals about what Marcus Aurelius actually was doing — and what Stoicism actually is.

May 1, 2026