{"product_id":"112658","title":"Meditations ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/WQt5IL15h5zqxygkvAEUIl.png?v=1764860388\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Meditations \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eComplete translation of the Greek original\u003cbr\u003e Must-read classics from Harvard, Oxford, and the University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e “I read it at least twice a year.” - Bill Clinton (former U.S. President)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 『Meditations』, published by Hyundae Jisung, is a complete translation of the original Greek text, painstakingly translated by Park Mun-jae, a translator fluent in English, Latin, and Greek.\u003cbr\u003e Here, for the benefit of readers, the translator has included a detailed commentary based on knowledge gained during the translation process, and a collection of quotes from Epictetus, on whom Aurelius was greatly influenced, is included as an appendix to provide a deeper understanding of this immortal classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher emperor of Plato's dreams, are a collection of fragments of thoughts that occurred to him while he was waging war and ruling, and are composed of alternating argumentative writings and aphorisms.\u003cbr\u003e To him, his inner self was a “fortress” that nothing external could invade.\u003cbr\u003e Therefore, the Meditations are the gateway through which we enter the square of his fortress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Building on his own version of Stoic philosophy, Aurelius strives to articulate his core beliefs and values ​​in brief, intense, and often powerful reflections, in order to find the strength to face the very sensitive challenges that confront him and the universal challenges facing humanity as a whole. \u003cbr\u003eThe challenges included how to face the death that was approaching him, finding a logic that would justify his social role, and finding moral lessons in the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Meditations have long been considered one of the greatest classics in history.\u003cbr\u003e The idea, though Marcus's own, was not original.\u003cbr\u003e It is Stoic philosophy, derived from the teachings of Epictetus, but some parts are closer to Platonism.\u003cbr\u003e This work by Marcus, which reflects on human life and death from an eternal perspective, has an enduring power that constantly challenges, encourages, and comforts people.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Release | Park Moon-jae\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Marcus Aurelius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Volume 1\u003cbr\u003e Volume 2\u003cbr\u003e Volume 3\u003cbr\u003e Volume 4\u003cbr\u003e Volume 5\u003cbr\u003e Volume 6\u003cbr\u003e Volume 7\u003cbr\u003e Volume 8\u003cbr\u003e Volume 9\u003cbr\u003e Volume 10 \u003cbr\u003eVolume 11\u003cbr\u003e Volume 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: A Collection of Quotes from Epictetus\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate3256\/MidCate006\/325557210(2).jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e “Do, say, and think as if you were to die at this very moment.\u003cbr\u003e If gods exist, leaving the human world is not something to be feared.\u003cbr\u003e Surely the gods would not push you into misfortune?\u003cbr\u003e If gods do not exist or do not intervene in human affairs, what meaning would there be to your further existence in a universe where there are no gods or providence?\u003cbr\u003e But the gods exist, and they intervene in human affairs, and they have given humans the ability to avoid falling into things that are truly harmful to them.” --- From “Book 2”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The best revenge is not to do to your enemies what they did to you.” ---From “Volume 6”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“In a little while you will forget everything, and in a little while everything will forget you.” ---From “Volume 7”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “If you live each day as if it were your last, without any impatience, despair, helplessness, or pretense, then that is the perfection of your personality.” --- From “Volume 7”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Humans are born for each other.\u003cbr\u003e Therefore, either teach or tolerate.” ---From “Book 8”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “You might argue that you only finished Act 3, not Act 5.\u003cbr\u003e That's right.\u003cbr\u003e But unlike a play, life can only end in three acts.\u003cbr\u003e Because only the very being that created you by combining various things in the first place can decide when your life will end, and based on that decision, it will dismantle the things that made you up.\u003cbr\u003e It is not in your power to be born or to die. \u003cbr\u003eTherefore, accept nature's decision with good intentions and leave quietly.\u003cbr\u003e “Because nature, which sends you away, sends you away with good intentions.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e ---From Volume 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Features of this book\u003cbr\u003e #Complete translation of the Greek original\u003cbr\u003e #Includes detailed commentary on the work by professional translator Park Moon-jae\u003cbr\u003e #Aurelius's 'Quotes' by Epictetus, who greatly influenced him, is now available for the first time in Korea.\u003cbr\u003e #Must-read for Harvard, Oxford, Chicago, and Sogang University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Meditations have long been considered one of the greatest books in history.\u003cbr\u003e The idea, though Marcus Aurelius's own, was not original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e What kind of book is the Meditation Record?\u003cbr\u003e His primary purpose in writing the Meditations was to examine his innermost thoughts and advise himself on how best to live in his current circumstances. \u003cbr\u003eHow did this ancient book become a must-read at Harvard and Oxford? He sought to concisely capture in a concise volume the essential propositions that have underpinned his entire life, the core ethical principles and insights.\u003cbr\u003e Next, and more broadly, the purpose of this work was to publish and widely disseminate a book containing ethics that people could practice in their lives during the first and second centuries AD.\u003cbr\u003e The writings of Epictetus had a particularly great influence on him.\u003cbr\u003e Two types of writings, widely used in the Stoic philosophy on which he was based, had a great influence on his Meditations.\u003cbr\u003e One type offers general guidelines on how to lead an ethical life, a famous example being Cicero's deontology. \u003cbr\u003eAnother type of writing used philosophy as a means of identifying human psychological and ethical failings, labeling them as diseases, and then curing them.\u003cbr\u003e Seneca's Treatise on Anger was such a work.\u003cbr\u003e Marcus's Meditations reflect the writing purposes and themes of these two types of writing, presenting a unique combination of advice and healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e The Thought of Marcus Aurelius\u003cbr\u003e In his Meditations, Marcus appears to have preached his beliefs not only based on Stoic philosophy, but also by mixing ideas from various philosophical schools.\u003cbr\u003e But such an eclectic attitude was not common in the intellectual world of the time.\u003cbr\u003e The general tendency of this era was to adhere to and follow one school of philosophy. \u003cbr\u003eA more active reason to show that Stoicism influenced Marcus is that, although he does not use Stoic terminology in his Meditations and sometimes reconstructs their concepts in his own unique way, the Meditations, taken as a whole, have a strong Stoic flavor.\u003cbr\u003e Therefore, we can conclude that Marcus basically followed the philosophy of Stoicism, and based on that, he broadly accepted the ideas of various philosophical schools.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Core concepts of Stoic philosophy\u003cbr\u003e Five characteristics of Stoic philosophy at the time can be cited, and these correspond to the themes prominently emphasized in the Meditations.\u003cbr\u003e First, it was believed that only a life lived according to virtue is a happy life.\u003cbr\u003e In other words, the idea is that virtue is all that humans need to live a happy life. \u003cbr\u003eThe second is the idea that human emotions and desires are directly determined by beliefs about what things are considered valuable or desirable.\u003cbr\u003e In other words, emotions and desires do not form separate, irrational dimensions in human mental life.\u003cbr\u003e The third is the idea that humans have an inherent tendency to benefit others.\u003cbr\u003e The fourth was that it belonged to natural science and served as a link between ethics and natural science.\u003cbr\u003e One of the issues at the time was whether nature or the universe has an inherent purpose or meaning, or whether it is merely the result of the arbitrary operation of natural laws or processes. \u003cbr\u003eThe Stoics adopted the first view, believing that everything was predetermined and that every series of events embodied God's purpose or providence, while the Epicureans adopted the second view, basing their ideas on the atomic nature of matter.\u003cbr\u003e In Stoic philosophy, fields of philosophy such as ethics and physics were seen as interconnected and supporting each other.\u003cbr\u003e Thus, their belief in divine providence was part of natural science, but it also provided an important framework for ethics.\u003cbr\u003e And, conversely, ethics underpinned and gave meaning to principles connected with God, including providence.\u003cbr\u003e Fifth, the Stoic philosophers viewed philosophy as a highly unified and forming body of knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4.\u003cbr\u003e Topics that frequently appear in the Meditations. \u003cbr\u003eIn his Meditations, Marcus uses some very standard Stoic themes, but in some cases he uses his own unique style of expression that we might not expect.\u003cbr\u003e For example, he emphasizes that what defines our identity is essentially what “dominates” us.\u003cbr\u003e When he says that which “rules” us, he is referring to “reason.”\u003cbr\u003e He contrasts the different parts that make up a human being: “body” and “spirit.”\u003cbr\u003e On the surface, it appears to follow a Platonic dualism that distinguishes between the disembodied mind and the embodied body.\u003cbr\u003e However, such passages merely present ethical lessons, reflecting the first characteristic idea of ​​Stoic philosophy that we have examined above. \u003cbr\u003eIn other subjects the influence of Stoic philosophy on Marcus is more evident.\u003cbr\u003e For example, like Epictetus, he repeatedly advises himself not to bring suffering upon himself by attaching useless judgments of good or evil to any event or circumstance.\u003cbr\u003e On the one hand, Marcus frequently mentions the idea that divine or cosmic order forms an important framework for human ethical life, and in this respect, he is very reminiscent of Epictetus, but on the other hand, by asking, “Is it providence or are they atoms?”, he takes a position of not deciding which worldview is true between the Stoic idea that there is an inherent purpose in nature and the Epicurean idea that the universe is merely the result of the coming together and dispersing of atoms. \u003cbr\u003eOverall, it cannot be said that Marcus fully understood Stoic philosophy in his Meditations and presented a brilliant idea that integrated ethics and physics. 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