Download or read book Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, Books 1-6 written by Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Gill provides a new translation and commentary on the first half of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and a full introduction to this unique and remarkable work: a reflective diary or notebook by a Roman emperor, whose content is based on Stoic philosophy but presented in a highly distinctive way.