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Books like Meditations

Explore 24 books like Meditations by Marcus Aurelius — a handpicked selection united by Humanism, Individual Philosophers, Social, and Mind & Body.

Humanism Individual Philosophers Social Mind & Body Rome Meditations Mindfulness & Meditation Ethics & Moral Philosophy History & Surveys Movements Ancient & Classical Ancient Essays Body, Mind & Spirit Philosophy Self-Help Biography & Autobiography History

Top related books to Meditations

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Meditations Philosophical Contemplations of a Roman Emperor

Marcus Aurelius

Themes: Individual Philosophers • Mind & Body • Rome

A Beginner’s Guide to the Four Psychic Clair Senses Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Claircognizance, Clairsentience

Kevin Hunter

Themes: Humanism • Individual Philosophers • Social

How to Be a Stoic Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

Massimo Pigliucci

Themes: Social • Meditations • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Letters from a Stoic

Seneca

Themes: Individual Philosophers • Rome • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Enchiridion

Epictetus

Themes: Humanism • Individual Philosophers • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

The Meditations of Marcius Aurelius

George Long

Themes: Rome • Meditations • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzche

Themes: Individual Philosophers • Social • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Utopia

Thomas More

Themes: Humanism • Social • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

On the Soul And Other Psychological Works

Aristotle

Themes: Humanism • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

#10

A Wonderful Life Insights on Finding a Meaningful Existence

Frank Martela

Themes: Humanism • Mind & Body • History & Surveys

#11

Representation and the Mind-body Problem in Spinoza

Michael Della Rocca

Themes: Humanism • Individual Philosophers • Mind & Body

#12

The Teachings of a Stoic Selected Discourses and the Encheiridion

Epictetus

Themes: Mindfulness & Meditation • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

#13

Psychology

Stephen Everson

Themes: Humanism • Mind & Body • History & Surveys

#14

How to Win an Argument An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Themes: Social • Rome • History & Surveys

#15

How To Stop A Conspiracy

Sallust

Themes: Social • Rome • History & Surveys

#16

The Tower and the Abyss An Inquiry Into the Transformation of the Individual

Erich Kahler

Themes: Humanism • Mind & Body • History & Surveys

#17

The Dream of Reason A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance

Anthony Gottlieb

Themes: Social • Mind & Body • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

#18

Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World

John Philip Newell

Themes: Mind & Body • Rome • Meditations

#19

The Individual Without Passions Modern Individualism and the Loss of the Social Bond

Elena Pulcini

Themes: Humanism • Social • Mind & Body

#20

Posthuman Glossary

Rosi Braidotti

Themes: Humanism • Social • Mind & Body

#21

Humanism and the Latin Classics

Aldo Manuzio

Themes: Humanism • Rome • Movements

#22

The Dream of Reason A History of Western Philosophy

Anthony Gottlieb

Themes: Social • Mind & Body • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

#23

Consciousness and the Great Philosophers What Would They Have Said about Our Mind-body Problem?

Stephen D. Leach

Themes: Humanism • Mind & Body • History & Surveys

#24

On Benefits

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Themes: Rome • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Humanism, Individual Philosophers, Social — the same threads that run through Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Among the authors featured: Marcus Aurelius, Kevin Hunter, Massimo Pigliucci, Seneca, and others.