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I’m not any better at meditating now

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

February 7, 2025 by Uncoolaidman 1 Comment

One of my favorite movies of the past few years is The Holdovers. In it, a curmugeonly history professor played by Paul Giamatti, is stuck at the boarding school he works at over the holiday break with one of his students and the cook. On Christmas day he gives both of them a gift, a copy of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. In his words “For my money, it’s like the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita all rolled up into one.” High praise, and […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: Marcus Aurelius

Uncoolaidman's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: Marcus Aurelius ·
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The book that made me realise: my husband is a philosopher.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

February 24, 2023 by Caesar's Wife 3 Comments

I feel like, rather than review this book, you should just go read it. Or listen to it, like I did, for free on Audible. It’s not terribly long and it’s well narrated. Highly consumable. Because how on earth am I supposed to review a book that is basically one giant, really good quote about getting your shit together and being less of a competitive, materialistic arsehole? At least that was my main take away. It’s just a whole mess of good advice and sensible […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Marcus Aurelius

Caesar's Wife's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: Marcus Aurelius ·
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