《沉思录》的作者是有着“帝王哲学家”称号的古罗马帝国皇帝马可·奥勒留,这是一本写给作者自己的书,包含着一个古罗马皇帝对人生的思考。马可·奥勒留在位的20年,古罗马帝国正处在人口锐减、贫困加深、经济衰落、内忧外患不断的时期。纵然马可·奥勒留有着坚毅的精神、卓绝的智慧,仍然不能阻挡古罗马帝国的颓势。《沉思录》共12卷,大部分文字是在他生命最后十年,在罗马帝国的边疆行省,在车马劳顿中完成的。这本书包含他对 The author of “Meditations” is the ancient Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius with the title of “emperor philosopher”, a book written for the author, which contains a reflection on life by ancient Roman emperors. In the 20 years of Marco Aurelius’s stay, the Roman Empire was in a time of declining population, deepening poverty, economic decline, and internal and external contingencies. Even though Marcus Aurelius has a resolute spirit and extraordinary wisdom, it still can not stop the decline of the ancient Roman Empire. There are 12 volumes of Meditations, mostly in the last decade of his life in the Roman border province of Rome. This book contains his right