George Long

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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, translated by George Long.

Introduction.

Marcus Annius Verus was born in Rome in AD 121 and assumed the name of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, by which he is known to history on his adoption by the Emperor T. Aurelius Antoninus.

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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, translated by George Long.

Chapter 1 1.

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It's interesting because basically what's happening over the 2,500 years or so that th- all this is transpiring is that the wisdom is getting, it's like, it's getting simmered down every generation just a little bit tighter, a little bit better, right? You read some of the 16th century translations, and it might as well be in a foreign language, even if it's in English, and then you read, you know, even, um, who was the guy at the University of Virginia who first translated Marcus? George Long.

Yeah.

You even read some of his, and it's clunky, and it's hard to get into.

Here's Marcus Aurelius, Book 6, Section 11.

George Long's translation.

When thou hast been compelled by circumstances to be disturbed in a manner, quickly return to thyself, and do not continue out of tune longer than the compulsion lasts, for thou wilt have more mastery over the harmony by continually recurring to it.

Look at what he expects to be disturbed.

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For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Enchiridion by Epictetus, translated by George Long.

Chapter one, Biographical Note.

Epictetus.

But I should not have translated the book if I had not thought it worth study, and I think that all books of this kind require careful reading, if they are worth reading at all.

G.L. End of chapter 1.

Chapter 2 of A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Enchiridion by Epictetus Translated by George Long, 1800-1879 This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

Recording by D. Scott Warren, Seattle Of the things which are in our power and not in our power Of all the faculties, except that which I shall soon mention, you will not find one which is capable of contemplating itself, and consequently not capable either of approving or disapproving.