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Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Alan Munro
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Meditations is former U.S. President Bill Clinton's favorite book. This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161-180 AD, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.
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- Alejandro Gonzalez
- 2019-03-04
Get the book with a different narrator
The narrator is atrocious, I really wish there was a different narrator. His voice is robotic and gets randomly loud or very quite that you can barely hear what he's saying and it's completely out of context. It made it REALLY hard to enjoy/ take in the book.
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- Joey Morency
- 2019-09-24
brutal narrator and sound quality
see above my title says it all. very rough in terms of narration as well as sound quality
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- Vandana
- 2023-05-08
Narration is extremely monotonous!
It was very difficult to follow through because of how the story was told. I couldn’t help but rewind each chapter on loop to get to the gist of it!
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- KronicSupertstar
- 2022-08-08
Narrator is DRY
Hopefully he got paid in advance for this. There was no enthusiasm whatsoever from narrator.
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- Zach price
- 2019-12-15
I couldn't listen to this guy for 10 min
I wish I read the other review because now I have to buy a copy read by someone else. I'm really not exaggerating how bad this is. it like he adds an unnecessary comma after every 3 words. DON'T BUY
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- Stabilo37
- 2019-10-26
Bad narrator, bad translation, great book
Bad narrator, bad translation, great book
There are much newer translations. This one uses "thee" and "thou".
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- AndrewM
- 2019-07-11
Full of wisdom and circumspection!
Full of wisdom and circumspection at the risk, however, of being almost too pithy to fully grasp!
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- Tyler Kugler
- 2019-03-08
amazing. can help anyone master themselves
great to listen to while holding a problem in your head to work through it
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- Mark Grebner
- 2012-09-02
The reading made it impossible to focus on content
I looked forward to Meditations both as philosophy and for the insights it might yield into Roman history. But the experience was almost completely ruined by Alan Munro's reading.
His voice was mellifluous, clear, confident, and well-paced. But it was as if he were reading for transcription, pausing every three or four words for the stenographer to catch up. So instead of reading sentences and paragraphs in a way that brought out their meaning, he read small clusters of words, breaking apart their larger meanings in a way that made it impossible for me to follow the author's argument. If he were to read the preceding sentence, this would not be an exaggeration:
So instead of reading.
Sentences and paragraphs
In a way
That brought out their meaning
He read small clusters of words
Breaking apart their larger meanings
In a way
That made it impossible for me
To follow the author's argument.
I suppose somebody with a different attention span might find a much better experience, but I'll certainly never make the mistake of buying anything else Munro narrates.
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- David
- 2012-10-06
Interesting but very Slow
The thoughts and statements of this book were interesting, however it was read with broken English. I'm not sure why, but every 4-6 words had a pause. It was highly annoying.
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- Vaughn
- 2014-10-16
Narration was monotonous
What disappointed you about Meditations of Marcus Aurelius?
The narration was monotonous and didn't seem like the narrator understood the content he was reading. I actually wondered if this was being read by a computer voice.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The philosophy.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
It didn't seem like the narrator understood or cared about the content he was reading. It might as well have been read by a computer voice.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The philosophy.
Any additional comments?
I'm trying the copy read by another narrator.
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- Figuez
- 2014-03-11
I love his wisdom, but
What disappointed you about Meditations of Marcus Aurelius?
I am a fan of ancient philosophy and love M. Aurelius; have the books.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The audio voice is unfortunately not that good at all. Sounded mechanical and robotic. I'm convinced something was altered on that voice, it just does not sound normal. Read the book instead.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
The philosophy sparks inspiration on how to live life in ease within one's mind; the audio voice was disappointing.
Any additional comments?
Don't use your credit or buy the audible, buy yourself a lovely book to read under a tree on a warm spring day!
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- Piltdown Mann
- 2013-01-30
Don't Listen to it in the Car
What didn’t you like about Alan Munro’s performance?
The narrator has a resonant baritone voice. The narration would probably be okay if you were listening to it at home or with headphones. However, I usually listen to audible recordings in the car. With all the ambient noise, I found the narration very difficult to follow. I haven't experienced this problem with other narrators under similar conditions.
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- Cliente de Amazon
- 2017-10-26
the worst part, listening to Alan Munro. pauses
He pauses in the middle of each idea as a listener you cannot connect what he saying it's an agony for me to try to understand what he says when he does not even finish a sentence you cannot tell the difference between two ideas so far is the worst I've listened to
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- Brian
- 2017-08-08
Awful narration
Everyone else said it first, but they are right. The uneven, herky-jerky reading makes this near impossible to follow, especially if you are accustomed to increased speed.
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- Neuron
- 2018-04-11
A very old book...
I wish I could be more like Marcus Aurelius. Stoicism is my favorite life philosophy and Marcus is one of the most impressive stoics every - in theory and in practice. The philosophy of stoicism is basically a mindset, a mindset of endurance and inner peace. You will meet idiots, but it is not their fault that they are idiots. You, who know better, know that is is better to remain calm in every situation. Idiots cannot hurt you unless you let them. Instead, be nice, be gentle, be reasonable, at all times and in every encounter.
These are the principles spelled out in this book. Marcus, despite being a very powerful man comes across as humble and reasonable and he is, I think rightly, considered one of the greatest leaders of all time. It, therefore, pains me to say that the book was not very readable. Indeed, I would say that if you finish this book you are already a proven stoic. The reader should keep in mind that Aurelius lived almost 2000 years ago. Language evolves a lot in 2000 years and his contemporaries probably didn't experience the same issues when reading his book. Nevertheless, his promiscuous use of conjunctions (and, or, nor), leads to insanely long sentences - so long that you forget what the sentence was about by the time you reach the end of the sentence.
So even though I am a fan of stoicism and of Marcus Aurelius, I can't recommend this book unless you are one of those persons with a concentration ability made of concrete. In short, the book has a nice message but it is very boring.
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- Bill T.
- 2017-05-02
Stilted narration
It would be better. If the narrator. Could get through. An entire sentence. Without awkward breaks. In the narration.
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- David S. Mathew
- 2017-07-11
The Philosopher King
A friend recommended this to me, because I told him I wanted to learn more about Stoic philosophy. This collection of Marcus Aurelius's thoughts on life not only gave me a good foundation for Stoic thought, but shocked me when I realized just how far ahead of his time the Roman Emperor truly was. This reads like it could have been written by Carl Sagan.
As for the sound quality, the recording is honestly a bit scratchy. However, Alan Munro does a good job with material that is fairly dry so it's worth it. Overall, very highly recommended.
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