March 2025
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
A Roman emperor's private journal — the most intimate window we have into Stoic practice, written with zero expectation of an audience.
Stoic Philosophy254 pp · 17 nights
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The Four Feathers
A.E.W. Mason
“Three white feathers, three separate accusations of cowardice”
Written in 1902, the book takes place in 1882 during The Mahdist War. A British junior officer resigns his commission on the eve of his regiment's deployment to the Sudan, fearing he lacks the courage for what is asked. Branded a coward, he receives four white feathers. One from each of three friends and his fiancée as symbols of disgrace. A tale of inner conflict, adventure, and heroism amid colonial conflict.
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15 pages.
Every night.
Before you sleep.
Marcus Aurelius wrote the Meditations after dark — after campaigns, after governance, after everything the day demanded. He wrote to clarify his thinking. You read for the same reason.
15 pages takes 15 minutes. It asks almost nothing. Over a year, it makes you a different man.
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. He wrote it for himself. Read it for the same reason. At 15 pages a night — 17 nights.