(PBC)Meditations

基本信息

Paperback: 304 pages

Hardcover: 192 pages

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (18 Nov 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0140449337

ISBN-13: 9780140449334

Product Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 17mm | 224g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

附注/翻译：马丁·哈蒙德

引言：迪斯金·克雷

《沉思录》是公元2世纪后期古代罗马皇帝马可·奥勒留传下来的一部个人哲学思考录，主要思考人生伦理问题，兼及自然哲学；是奥勒留所作的一本写给自己的思想散文集。这本与自己的十二卷对话，内容大部分是他在鞍马劳顿中所写，是斯多葛派哲学（斯多亚哲学）的一个里程碑。

《沉思录》来自于作者对身羁宫廷的自身和自己所处混乱世界的感受，追求一种摆脱了激情和欲望、冷静而达观的生活。马可·奥勒留在书中阐述了灵魂与死亡的关系，解析了个人的德行、个人的解脱以及个人对社会的责任，要求常常自省以达到内心的平静，要摒弃一切无用和琐屑的思想、正直地思考。而且，不仅要思考善、思考光明磊落的事情，还要付诸行动。

马可·奥勒留把一切对他发生的事情都不看成是恶，认为痛苦和不安仅仅是来自内心的意见，并且是可以由心灵加以消除的。他对人生进行了深刻的哲学思考，热诚地从其他人身上学习他们最优秀的品质，果敢、谦逊、仁爱……他希望人们热爱劳作、了解生命的本质和生活的艺术、尊重公共利益并为之努力。《沉思录》是一些从灵魂深处流淌出来的文字，朴实却直抵人心。

'Their icy blasts are refreshing and restorative. They tell you the worst. And having heard the worst, you feel less bad' Blake Morrison

Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers throughout the centuries.

Translated with notes by MARTIN HAMMOND with an Introduction by DISKIN CLAY

作者简介

马可·奥勒留（公元121 年4月26日－180年3月17日），全名为马尔克·奥列里乌斯·安东尼·奥古斯都（Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus）。拥有凯撒称号（Imperator Caesar）的他是罗马帝国五贤帝时代最后一个皇帝，于161年3月8日至180年3月17日在位。

马可·奥勒留是罗马帝国最伟大的皇帝之一。他是一个很有智慧的君主，也是一个很有造就的思想家，有以希腊文写成的著作《沉思录》传世。在整个西方文明之中，奥勒留也算是一个少见的贤君。他向往和平，却具有非凡的军事领导才干。

Marcus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus, 121-180. was adopted by the emperor Antoninus Pius and succeeded him in 161, (as joint emperor with adoptive brother Lucius Verus). He ruled alone from 169. He spent much of his reign in putting down variou rebellions, and was a persecutor of Christians. His fame rest, above all, on his Meditations, a series of reflections, strongly influenced by Epictetus, which represent a Stoic outlook on life. He died in 180 and was succeed by his natural son, thus ending the period of the adoptive emperors. Diskin Clay is Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University and has published widely in the area of Ancient Greek Philosophy. Martin Hammond is Head Master of Tonbridge School and has translated Homer's Iliad for Penguin Classics.