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mk  ·  2809 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: July 18th is a good day for a book thread

I picked up Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. I'm almost done with the History of Rome podcast, and I am glad to have some more context for reading it.





johnnyFive  ·  2809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I got that myself not long ago. I haven't really gotten into the body of it yet, but the historical context is interesting. I was especially fascinated on the Stoics' idea of logos, and how that was context for when Christianity started talking about The Word.

betterthanlast  ·  2809 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Since you're about done with the History of Rome, if you happen to be looking for more:

- "12 Byzantine Rulers" is a short but pretty awesome series on the Eastern Roman Empire

- "Emperors of Rome" is super interesting too and it's still going, I find Rhiannon Evans really interesting to listen to (she's a lecturer in Mediterranean History), and Matt Smith the main host is always very excited and interested in the topic.

- "When in Rome" is about the history of different places in the city it's also by Matt Smith but the co-host changes.

Also, Meditations is a great book, enjoy it!

betterthanlast  ·  2809 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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