The Fourth Book of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Fourth Book of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus <p>But Stoicism has an interest deeper than this. If the pressing need of to-day is to find a place for higher beliefs beside practical interests and the Obligation of accepting scientific truth, in Stoicism not only is an attempt made to satisfy like conditions, but in it a religious Spirit which has many links Of connection with ours is fused on the one hand with a practical spirit akin to ours, and on the other with a reasoned body of science. Each of these aspects of the system suggests some remarks. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.