Meditations by Marcus AureliusCalm, in respect of what comes to pass from a cause outside you; justice, in acts done in accord with a cause from yourself. Meditations presents the private thoughts of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who in his notes engages in deeply philosophical contemplation of life, strongly influenced by stoicism. Despite the social position of an emperor, Marcus life was far from easy, marked as it was by war and life on the frontlines, plague reaping huge