I’ll have to go back to this one someday, as I don’t think this first read through did it justice. Overall, I’m always a big fan of stoicism, and conceptually I love the idea of a Roman Emperor sitting down and putting his philosophy down to paper for posterity. And the fact that he is remembered as such a good emperor makes this even better.

However, I guess I was somewhat naively hoping that this would be more historically relevant, would speak more of what it’s like to be an emperor, his ruling philosophy, which the meditations do definitely not. It’s not a fault I should be giving it, but it kinda influenced my enjoyment. It was just a sort of by the numbers philosophy treaty, and I need to pay better attention to appreciate it more.