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Topic · Society · 5 books

Roman Classics

Rome's moralists, statesmen and letter-writers.

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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius · 175 AD · ~3 hour read

The private journal of a Roman emperor, never meant to be read by others. Marcus Aurelius wrote these reflections on duty, mortality, and inner peace while on campaign. All twelve books, from George Long's 1889 translation.

On Duties

Cicero · 44 BC — a father's letter to his son on justice, generosity, and why nothing wrong can ever truly be advantageous.

Politics

The Jewish War

Josephus · 75 AD — a firsthand account of Rome's destruction of Jerusalem.

Selected Lives of Plutarch

Plutarch · 100 AD — four Parallel Lives: Publicola, Eumenes, Demosthenes, and Aristides the Just.

Greek · Biography

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius · 524 AD — a condemned Roman statesman's prison dialogue with Philosophy on fortune, happiness, evil, and God's foreknowledge.

Suffering

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