In my last post (way back when), I promised that, despite the fact that I was no longer supporting this blog, I'd still be writing, and eventually I'd get to publishing said writing on my long-abandoned original blog. Well for the past month and a bit, I have been doing just that. Below is the link to that blog.
Wong Lives!
I realize it isn't as polished a website as it once was. Still some cleaning up to do. And the articles are a bit old, since I have materials collected from the year or more that I went on virtual online vacation that I am just now putting up. But hey - it's something!
And as always, thanks for reading my stuff.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
Book Review: Meditations - The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Note: This will be my last review published on What Went Wong. This is not to say that I have quit writing; far from it! I have chosen to renew my previous blog and will be devoting what efforts at blogging that I do in that sphere instead. Visit me at Wong Lives! if you want to read more. Also, this review will follow a slightly different format than you are used to. It just came out pretty solid as-is.
Meditations - The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, by
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus / translated by George Long
From the book’s cover:
The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote down his thoughts between 170 and 180. He was a late Stoic Philosopher and this one of the few examples of this type of literature that exists today. The book is written as personal notes to himself and his thesis is that one can obtain inner calm irrespective of outer adversity. The text considers good and evil, solidarity, adversity and inner freedom. It is a book that offers wisdom, comfort and inspiration. As well as the thought, this edition contains a biographical sketch and summary of the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, a number of illustrations and both an index and index of terms.
Philosophy fascinates me, but at the same time, I frankly just don't get it. I supposed I am too tightly welded to my own theory on life, God, and the whole "why we are here"-thing. Nevertheless, it is always interesting to read a new perspective (or revisit an old one, in this case) and try and glean some useful insights. I can't recall now why I decided to read Meditations, but I know it had something to do with bumping into some insight attributed to Marcus Aurelius while learning something else, and then deciding to go ahead and read the whole thing. And that brings me down to the present moment.
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus / translated by George Long
From the book’s cover:
The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote down his thoughts between 170 and 180. He was a late Stoic Philosopher and this one of the few examples of this type of literature that exists today. The book is written as personal notes to himself and his thesis is that one can obtain inner calm irrespective of outer adversity. The text considers good and evil, solidarity, adversity and inner freedom. It is a book that offers wisdom, comfort and inspiration. As well as the thought, this edition contains a biographical sketch and summary of the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, a number of illustrations and both an index and index of terms.
Philosophy fascinates me, but at the same time, I frankly just don't get it. I supposed I am too tightly welded to my own theory on life, God, and the whole "why we are here"-thing. Nevertheless, it is always interesting to read a new perspective (or revisit an old one, in this case) and try and glean some useful insights. I can't recall now why I decided to read Meditations, but I know it had something to do with bumping into some insight attributed to Marcus Aurelius while learning something else, and then deciding to go ahead and read the whole thing. And that brings me down to the present moment.
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