The Washington Free Beacon posts a remembrance of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. It takes the form of a review of his Meditations, this edition newly translated by Aaron Poochigian (2026).
For a book written nearly two millennia ago, Meditations is still in print in several different translations. Other than the Bible and Koran, there are few books with such staying power.
Marcus Aurelius is remembered as a successful philosopher king. If this review describes his philosophy accurately, it feels somewhat like my own. A coincidence, I admit.
The review is good, without being heavy or overlong. It tempts me to go read his Meditations, at this very late stage in my long, interesting, and mostly successful life.
