Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Book 8)

If you desire to master pain
Unroll this book and read with care,
And in it find abundantly
A knowledge of the things that are,
Those that have been, and those to come.
And know as well that joy and grief
Are nothing more than empty smoke.
A reading by Chris Krause, based upon the Gregory Hays translation. MP3s available here:
www.krauselabs.net/?p=141

[@cdblair27]

"It's not so easy now, you have the reputation of a philosopher."

[@johnmiller7453]

I wonder how well he lived up to his meditations? I know he allowed his army to commit genocide on innocent german villages who were not part of the tribes he was at war with. Killed every single person man woman and child.

[@Cathoholicism]

19:52 😏