In Book Five, the author encourages a waking man to consider his role in nature.
Book One of this work is a series of dedications, including an acknowledgment of the author's grandfather Verus. In Book Five, the author encourages a waking man to consider his role in nature. He exhorts readers never to act without purpose for life is short. He writes "Wipe out imagination: check desire: extinguish appetite" in reference to the three topoi posited in the Discourses of Epictetus, which is frequently quoted in this work. For 10 points, identify this masterpiece of Stoic philosophy written by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Book One of this work is a series of dedications, including an acknowledgment of the author's grandfather Verus.
{Meditations} (or {To Himself}, or {Ta Eis Eauton})