It’s All In How You See It | Judge Yourself Not Others

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<p>It’s fascinating to think of all these different translators sitting down and seeing this same bit of writing and having such wildly different interpretations. How much each one was a reflection of their time and place, how much room there was for personality, for re-creation, and re-imagination and yet also still, how the same essential truth comes through.</p><p>So it goes with philosophy and with life. Nothing, not even philosophy, is completely objective. It’s all in how <em>you</em> see it. It’s in what you <em>need</em> to see in it. It’s about what you <em>do</em> with it.</p><p><em>We happen to think that the Gregory Hays translation is the best and that’s why we worked with him to put out what we think is the absolutely best edition of </em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditations</em></a><em>. It was designed in the U.S. by Ryan Holiday and made in the U.K., and features:</em></p><ul><li><strong><em>Genuine&nbsp;leather</em></strong><em>&nbsp;from the best Bible manufacturer in the United Kingdom. This edition includes a gold foil-stamped&nbsp;leather&nbsp;cover, gilded-edge pages printed on premium-grade paper.</em></li><li><strong><em>Custom illustrations</em></strong><em>&nbsp;to delineate each section.</em></li><li><strong><em>Custom gold foil-stamped box</em></strong><em>&nbsp;to protect your copy.</em></li><li><strong><em>In-depth biography on the life of Marcus Aurelius</em></strong><em>&nbsp;written by Ryan Holiday from his book&nbsp;</em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/lives-of-the-stoics-signed-edition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Lives Of The Stoics</em></a><em>.</em></li></ul><p><em>To learn more about this special edition of&nbsp;Meditations, visit&nbsp;</em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>dailystoic.com/meditations</em></a><em>.</em></p><br><p>&nbsp;✉️<strong> Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>