Neither copy of Meditations that I have has the original Latin. The “How to Keep Your Cool” does, which throws me off sometimes but I do like. I have taken lots of Spanish and one French class, so I can understand a little bit of the Latin, and it is interesting to see how words have survived and morphed over time on their way from Marcus and Seneca to us. ...now I kinda want to find a copy that has the original text too.
Just as a clarification, Marcus Aurelius wrote the Meditations in Greek.
Right. But you referred above to a copy having "the original Latin," which is inaccurate.
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Study Guide - Parallel Texts in Greek and English https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EZ843B0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_DexLCbFXNH0CR Here is original greek. I'm sure there is also latin. I say latin because it is a lot easier to meditate on for me. I hope you are well and wish you the best!
If there is, that would be a translation too, so I'm not sure what you'd gain versus reading it in English.Here is original greek. I'm sure there is also latin.
I gain a lot from meditating on the semantics.
Sure, but what I'm wondering why Latin is somehow better in this regard than English?
Latin is a simple, but complex language. I grew up learning ancient latin, so it helps with using those pretty 5 digit words that people who understand other languages tend to listen to. Plus, cyrillic is similar to both ancient latin and ancient greek. Basically, if I want something simple that won't take too much time and still be enriching, I would go to ancient latin over ancient greek.
Ok, but that doesn't answer why reading Meditations translated into Latin is better than reading it translated into English.