EVERYMAN’s LIBRARY
Herewith our current stock of fiction and nonfiction titles from the fine Everyman’s Library. All hardcovers, all sewn-bound with a silk ribbon to keep your place, all with a chronology of the author’s life and literary and world events, all with discerning introductions, all with appropriate notes supporting the texts. I will write more soon about the long and honorable history of Everyman’s Library, its high production values, and the special features in every volume. For now, enjoy!
The listings are alphabetical by author’s last name.
Meditations: Marcus Aurelius
Meditations: Marcus Aurelius
The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (AD 121–180) embodied in his person that deeply cherished, ideal figure of antiquity, the philosopher king. His Meditations are not only one of the most important expressions of the Stoic philosophy of his time but also an enduring guide to living a good and just life. Written in moments snatched from military campaigns and the rigours of politics, they reveal a mind of exceptional clarity and originality, and a spirit attuned to both the particulars of human destiny and the vast patterns that underlie it. A S L Farquharson (1871–1942) spent a lifetime on his edition of the Meditations, which is one of the outstanding twentieth-century achievements of classical scholarship. All the notes to the Farquharson translation, amplifying the twelve books of the Meditations, are included in this volume.