{"product_id":"soul-of-the-thoughts-aurelius-meditations-journal","title":"Soul of the Thoughts — Aurelius Meditations Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003eA journal for the practice Aurelius actually kept — writing down the thoughts he intended to live by, rather than the ones that arrived uninvited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA literary journal featuring Marcus Aurelius’s “…for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.” from \u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e, V.16 (tr. George Long, 1862). Stoic philosophy objects by Quoteiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarcus Aurelius\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"…for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e, V.16 — tr. George Long, 1862 (public domain)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAurelius wrote \u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e as a private journal — notes to himself, never meant for anyone else's eyes. The entire text is a record of a man trying, in real time, to think correctly. He returned to the same ideas over and over not because he'd forgotten them, but because he knew that knowing something and living it are two different things. The practice was the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover carries the same ellipsis he would have understood — arriving mid-thought, as if the thinking was already underway. Gold quotation marks open and close it. The words are still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the full story behind this quote: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/blogs\/journal\/the-soul-becomes-dyed-what-marcus-aurelius-and-thoreau-actually-said\"\u003eThe Soul Becomes Dyed: What Marcus Aurelius and Thoreau Actually Said\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso in the Marcus Aurelius collection: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/soul-of-the-thoughts-tee\"\u003eSoul of the Thoughts Tee\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/waste-no-more-time-tee\"\u003eWaste No More Time Tee\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/waste-no-more-time-mug\"\u003eWaste No More Time Mug\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-quality-tee\"\u003eThe Quality Tee\u003c\/a\u003e. Browse the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/collections\/marcus-aurelius\"\u003efull Marcus Aurelius collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Journal\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover bound journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80 lined, cream-colored pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: 5.5\" × 8.5\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in elastic closure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRibbon page marker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpandable inner pocket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one who writes to think, not to record. The person who knows the difference between knowing something and having worked it through on the page. Anyone who returns to the same questions because they're worth returning to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWrite what you want to become.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMarcus Aurelius, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 121–180 AD, Rome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoman Emperor for 19 years — also the last of the Five Good Emperors, and the only one who was a practicing philosopher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrote Meditations entirely in private, in Greek, in military camps during wartime — it was never intended for publication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe manuscript survived by accident; we almost lost it entirely several times over the centuries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42644091633758,"sku":"9778474_16952","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/Soul_of_the_Thoughts_Journal_Marcus_Aurelius.png?v=1776123139","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/soul-of-the-thoughts-aurelius-meditations-journal","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}