How to Read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations:A Daily Stoic Guide

How to Read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: A Daily Stoic Guide

This course is designed to help you fully understand, appreciate, and internalize the timeless wisdom contained within one of history's most profound philosophical works.

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Course curriculum

1. What You Will Need
1. Introduction
2. Who Is Marcus Aurelius?
3. The Only Book of Its Kind
4. Why Did Marcus Write Meditations?
5. Why History’s Greatest Men and Women Read Meditations
6. The Repetition and Fragmented Structure of Meditations
7. The Historical Context of Meditations
1. Book 1
2. Introduction
3. Key Passages
4. The Virtue That Made Marcus Aurelius So Great
5. 100 Things Ryan Holiday Learned From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
6. Put it into Action
1. Book 2
2. Introduction
3. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 2
4. Other Key Passages
5. Go deeper
6. Building an Inner Fortress
7. What Are Your Rules For Life?
8. 12 Rules For Life
9. What Stoic Rules Make Life Less Erratic?
10. What Are Your Panic Rules?
11. Apply It!
1. Book 3
2. Introduction
3. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 3
4. Other Key Passages
5. Go Deeper
6. The Highest Good: An Introduction To The 4 Stoic Virtues
7. The 4 Virtues Marcus Aurelius Lived By
8. The Beautiful Language Of Marcus’ Philosophy
9. Apply it
1. Introduction
2. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 9
3. Other Key Passages
4. Fight to Be Who Philosophy Wants You to Be
5. What This Philosophy Is Here For
6. Stoicism: Practical Philosophy You Can Actually Use
7. Fight To Be The Person Philosophy Tries To Make You
8. Apply It
1. Introduction
2. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 8
3. Other Key Passages
4. The three fields and the three disciplines by Massimo Pigliucci
5. Introduction to Stoicism: The Three Disciplines by Donald Robertson
6. Apply It
1. Introduction
2. Key Passages
3. The Discipline Of Perception
4. Train Perception to Avoid Good and Bad
5. Our Perception is everything
6. Clearing Out Your Perceptions
7. Stoicism, Breaking Down Boundaries, And The Power Of Perception: An Interview With Blind Dressage Rider Verity Smith
8. Apply It
1. Introduction
2. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 10
3. Other Key Passages
4. It's Not About Manifesting, It's About Taking Action
5. Stoicism and The Law of Attraction: The Ancient Truth About Manifestation and Magical Thinking
6. Don’t Waste Your Days With Thinking
7. Apply it
1. Introduction
2. Key Passages
3. Handle What You Control First
4. The Eternal Stoic Question: Is It Up To You?
5. THIS Is Stoicism | "Amor Fati" How to Thrive When Failing
6. How Do You Determine What's In Your Control?
7. Apply It
1. Introduction
2. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 6
3. Other Key Passages
4. What Is Sympatheia? (And Why It’s So Damn Important)
5. We Were Made For Each Other: 32 Reminders From One Of History’s Most Powerful Figures
6. Good Character and Good Deeds
7. Our Circle of Concern is Small...and Large
8. Taking Stoicism Beyond the Self: The Power To Change Society
9. Have you heard of this Stoic concept?
10. Apply It
1. Introduction
2. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 4
3. Other Key Passages
4. This is the Mindset For Life
5. Nothing Gold (and Nothing Bad) Can Stay
6. The View From Above: The Life-Changing and Humbling Exercise from Stoic Philosophy
7. Apply It
1. Introduction
2. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 11
3. Other Key Passages
4. This Is What Discipline Looks Like
5. Don’t Try To Fix Other People, Fix Yourself
6. Apply It
1. Introduction
2. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 7
3. Other Key Passages
4. What Is Memento Mori?
5. Ryan's Favorite Passage from Book 12
6. "Memento Mori": The Reminder We All Desperately Need
7. How To Find Inspiration In Your Mortality: 7 Stoic Lessons on Living Life to Its Fullest
8. History of Memento Mori
9. This Is Why You Can’t Wait Until Later
10. History of Memento Mori Art
11. Apply It
1. Final Thoughts

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How to Read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: A Daily Stoic Guide

Course curriculum

Getting Started

Introduction

Book 1: Debts and Lessons

Book 2: On The River Gran, Among The Quadi

Book 3: In Carnuntum

Major Theme: Philosophy

Major Theme: The Big Three

Major Theme: The Discipline of Perception

Major Theme: The Discipline of Action

Major Theme: The Discipline of the Will

Major Theme: The Interconnectedness Of All Things In The Universe

Major Theme: The World Is Nothing But Change

Major Theme: Tolerant With Others and Strict With Yourself

Major Theme: Memento Mori

No Man Ever Steps In The Same River Twice

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