Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My wife enjoys listening to me read to her while she is falling asleep. When I finally got to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations on my reading list, I was excited to read it all the through instead of just a couple of excerpts every now and then. When I purchased one of the older translations I almost couldn't understand what I was saying when reading it aloud to myself. I hoped she wouldn't notice and just think I'm super smart for reading such profound text... But she didn't. "What are we reading?" she exclaimed. I new at that time, for both me and her, I had to find a better translation. To no avail I only found more and more of either the same translation from years ago or even older. I'm sure they worked for their time, but was getting discouraged because I would have to take more time on an already heavy book. After taking a break, I was listening to Chris Fisher's podcast called, "Traditional Stoicism," he mentioned Gregory Hayes' translation being much more accessible to the modern reader. I bought it instantly and devoured it. I'm on my second reading now highlighting even more text than before. SO MUCH EASIER! As a person who practices Stoicism daily, I highly recommend this edition for its smoothness and updated translation.