Meditations
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
35 people recommended it in 11 threads, 2014–2024.
3 commenters pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.
What people on Hacker News said
It's my all time favorite book for keeping life in perspective.
This book makes every bit of life advice you receive afterwards feel shallow. It feels like a reference to western thought.
It also helps to read whenever you feel overcome with emotion because of something.
These pages are filled with Aurelius’ private struggles to be a good man, despite the frustrations of the world.
The book is basically a collection of thoughts on various aspects of cultivating one's character and developing a "stoic" approach to whatever life may throw at you.
changed the way I see and cope with things and people that used to "cause" me lots of stress in the past.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything? 2019 · 10 recommendations
- Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020? 2019 · 7 recommendations
- Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before? 2020 · 5 recommendations
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago? 2019 · 4 recommendations
- Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? 2019 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books? I'm bored 2014 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? 2024 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and problem solver? 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books of all time, and why? 2017 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What was the best book you read in 2016? 2017 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Book Recommendations? 2016 · 1 recommendation