It’s been a little over six months since my last meditations post. Let’s pick up where we left off, shall we? 4. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER To avoid the public schools, to hire good private teachers, and to accept the resulting costs as money well spent. (Hays, 1)   My parents were huge believers in this method.…

Some rather late-night rambling here, but a post nonetheless, so that I may move forward with this exercise. I attended a talk on blogging today by @jessejiryudavis which encouraged writing as practice for writing, so I’m taking that to heart. 3. MY MOTHER Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong…

MY FATHER (FROM MY OWN MEMORIES AND HIS REPUTATION) Integrity and manliness. (Hays, 1) Marcus’ lost his father at three. I am fortunate to have ever attended just one funeral. We can say what the average life expectancy is for our day and age only for those that die during it; perhaps the first person…

Introduction: This will be a series of blog posts, time permitting, in which I examine each chapter of Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations”, as translated by Gregory Hays, Meric Casaubon, and George Long. I will use Hays’ translation mainly, as I find it the most approachable. The posts will be personal and most likely wandering, like Aurelius’ writings.…