<p class="ql-align-justify">Remember this one thing: we only live in the present moment. Everything else has already happened or is impossible to know. Our time on this earth is short, just a tiny fraction, like a small corner of the world. Even the greatest accomplishments and fame are fleeting and forgotten by those who come after us. This is true for all of us, even those who have passed away long ago.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">from Book 3, 10</p>

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Meditations is a series of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161 180 CE, written over a series of years in far-flung places as he led the Romans in military campaigns, quashed revolts, and dealt with the other tribulations of governing the Empire. It is best described as a spiritual journal, containing a record of the emperor's philosophical exercises.

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Meditations (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, romanized: Ta eis he'auton, lit. 'things to one's self') is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180. Some of it was written while he was positioned at Aquincum on campaign in Pannonia, because internal notes tell us that the first book was written when he was campaigning against the Quadi on the river Granova (modern-day Hron) and the second book was written at Carnuntum.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known, noncontemporaneously, as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calmness and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD.

Glorious Olajire's Key Ideas from Meditations
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Glorious Olajire's Key Ideas from Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius

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Glorious Olajire's Key Ideas from Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius