7/7/2023 0 Comments Marcus aurelius gregory haysIf you expect to find a philosophical treatise on Stoicism you will also be disappointed. If you go in expecting a coherent, structured narrative you will be disappointed. Most people appreciated his emphasis on ‘immediacy’ as well as his approach that viewed these notes left by Marcus Aurelius as personal jottings and reminders to self, rather than profound doctrines.įor anyone approaching Meditations for the first, it is a good point to note. Farquharson (1944), Maxwell Staniforth (1969) as well as for the four newer editions published since Hays’, but consistently, repeatedly, overwhelmingly, the rave reviews were all for Hays’ translation. When I started researching for this post, there was love and admiration for the translations by Richard Graves (1792), George Long (1862), C. There had not been a new translation of Meditations since 1969. When Gregory Hays’ translation of Meditations came out in 2002, it was a bit of a landmark event in the classics world.
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