Meditations : A New Translation

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 256 pages

Publisher:Random House USA Inc

Imprint:Modern Library Inc

ISBN:9780812968255

Published: 15 May 2003

Classifications:Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:190g

Dimensions:203 x 132 x 15 (mm)

Pub. Country:United States

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

很少有古代著作能像罗马哲学家和皇帝马可·奥勒留(公元161-180年)的《沉思录》那样有影响力。一系列充满智慧、实践指导和对人类行为的深刻理解的精神实践，仍然是迄今为止伟大的精神和道德反思作品之一。马库斯在从生活在这个世界上到应对逆境和与他人的互动方面给予的见解和建议，使政治家和哲学家都需要阅读《沉思录》。对于那些努力调和领导的要求与对个人正直和精神幸福的关注的人来说，《沉思录》仍然和两千年前一样重要。

在格雷戈里·海斯35年来的首部新译本中，马库斯的思想以一种新的方式表达出来。以清新、流畅的英语，海斯生动地表达了希腊原文的贫乏和压缩。马库斯的见解从未被如此直接有力地呈现过。

这本导言概述了马科斯的生活和事业，斯多葛主义的基本要点，《沉思录》的风格和结构，以及这部作品的持续影响，这本导言使我们有可能重新发现任何时代开明的领袖之一的思想。

Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161–180). A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus’s insights and advice—on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others—have made the Meditations required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. For anyone who struggles to reconcile the demands of leadership with a concern for personal integrity and spiritual well-being, the Meditations remains as relevant now as it was two thousand years ago.

In Gregory Hays’s new translation—the first in thirty-five years—Marcus’s thoughts speak with a new immediacy. In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. Never before have Marcus’s insights been so directly and powerfully presented.

With an Introduction that outlines Marcus’s life and career, the essentials of Stoic doctrine, the style and construction of the Meditations, and the work’s ongoing influence, this edition makes it possible to fully rediscover the thoughts of one of the most enlightened and intelligent leaders of any era.

作者简介

格雷戈里·海斯(Gregory Hays)是弗吉尼亚大学古典文学副教授。他保留了一份关于神话创造者福尔根提乌斯的注释书目。

Gregory Hays is associate professor of classics at the University of Virginia. He maintains an annotated bibliography of Fulgentius the Mythmaker.