Meditations
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MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS was born on April 26, A.D. 121. His real name was M. Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a noble family which claimed descent from Numa, second King of Rome. Thus the most religious of emperors came of the blood of the most pious of early kings. His father, Annius Verus, had held high office in Rome, and his grandfather, of the same name, had been thrice Consul. Both his parents died young, b…
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- AuthorMarcus Aurelius
- SourceProject Gutenberg #2680
- Length71,656 words · 4h 47m of reading
- Chapters15
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-02
Contents
15 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01INTRODUCTION
- 02HIS FIRST BOOK
- 03THE FIRST BOOK
- 04THE SECOND BOOK
- 05THE THIRD BOOK
- 06THE FOURTH BOOK
- 07THE FIFTH BOOK
- 08THE SIXTH BOOK
- 09THE SEVENTH BOOK
- 10THE EIGHTH BOOK
- 11THE NINTH BOOK
- 12THE TENTH BOOK
- 13THE ELEVENTH BOOK
- 14THE TWELFTH BOOK
- 15APPENDIX
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