Meditations — The George Long Translation (1862) — Book Club Kit

The printable companion for book clubs and philosophy groups reading the Meditations in George Long's classic 1862 translation — the emperor's private notebook, read the way this kit's questions are keyed: in Long's own books and sections.

Inside the kit (30 pages, US Letter, print as many copies as your group needs):

• A three-meeting reading schedule — Books I–IV, V–VIII, IX–XII — with a hosting guide for a philosophy-reading group: sections read aloud in rotation, one section sat with in silence, and a commonplace book kept together

• A Who's Who of the Meditations — Antoninus Pius, Faustina, Rusticus, Fronto, Epictetus, Heraclitus, and the teachers of Book I

• A book map of all twelve books — Long's section counts and a one-line orientation for each

• The story behind this edition — the notebook written on the Danube frontier, how the text survived by a thread, and why this edition prints Long 1862

• The five explainers, condensed: Stoicism in one sitting · how the text survived · why translations differ · the Rome of the 170s · how to read this book

• A short, honest life of Marcus Aurelius

• 44 discussion questions — three for every book, plus a whole-book set, organized by meeting

• "Spot the Section" — attribute five passages from Long's text to their books, and name the Stoic idea at work in each

• Ruled commonplace-book pages for your own notes

The companion ebook, Meditations — The George Long Translation (1862), is also available in this store.

Companion Classics, edited by Horace Harriott Jr. Marcus Aurelius's text in George Long's 1862 translation is public domain worldwide; all companion material is original to this edition.