Much of this text was written in Sirmium, where its author was stationed on campaign.
In 2002, the Modern Library translation of this book by Gregory Hays was briefly a bestseller. A chain of assertions in the fourth section of this book proposes that mind, reason, and thus law are common to all men, suggesting that people should live as fellow-citizens in a "cosmic city", which uniquely for this book's author consists of just men rather than men and gods. A recurring dilemma in this text regarding the nature of the world presents the alternatives of "providence or atoms", and it contains repeated admonitions to "erase your impressions". This book's first section, a list of lessons and qualities learned from various people, describes Rusticus giving its author the influential (*) Discourses of Epictetus. Much of this text was written in Sirmium, where its author was stationed on campaign. For 10 points, name this twelve-volume book of Stoic philosophy, written by Marcus Aurelius.
In 2002, the Modern Library translation of this book by Gregory Hays was briefly a bestseller.
Meditations [or Ta eis heauton; or To Himself; or The Emperor's Handbook; or The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius] &lt;Carson&gt;