The Meditation By Marcus Aurelius Analysis

Marcus Aurelius's book, The Meditations, depicts Marcus Aurelius writing to people he considered important, and the things he's learned from them throughout his life. These people include his family, his gods, and his fellow philosophers. (his father, and his Gods having the most written of them.) Throughout the book Aurelius states the characteristics he's gained, and prevented from gaining, from these people. I see it as a thank you letter to all these people for bettering himself throughout life. I doubt all these people were perfect, but each individual effected Aurelius in a way he thought to write a book, and give them all credit to the person he's become. Our analyzation on other people plays a big role on ones self. We can learn so much from someone else's thoughts and behaviors other than our own. Being introduced to new characteristics and personalities in a way form our own. As humans we are impressionable, and not always in good ways. It takes not …show more content…
Iv'e learned so much I did not know before. Thinking philosophically is a way of thinking I had not yet giving the chance to grow. When I think of Philosophy and thinking philosophically it makes me think of a flower. A flower that is beautiful, but too beautiful to see it's full potential, this being due to the fact we just won't ever know its full bloom due to constant changes and opnions, or maybe we just would't be able to comprehend it. This is what I think when I think of philosophy. It is like a never ending growth of knowledge, your mins is constantly growing, but it can never grown enough. Philosophy class opened my eyes to many different views I didn't even know existed. Philosophy class is fitting to me because although I do not agree with every philosophical view I still love to learn about them. Like Aurelius I too learn from others, and it is important to take things we do not know or do not agree with, and learn from them, that is knowledge