Meditations

Tamir's example of speaking with the dead: opening Meditations is talking to Marcus Aurelius, because books are how people become immortal.

Where it appears 3

• 
  love has no dark sideEp 8 · with Ma Anand Sheela

  Stoic classic that Tamir suggests as a book Sheela might have picked up outside the commune. She answers that her own character influenced her most.

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  the realm of dreamsEp 4 · with Samantha Chung

  Listen at 1:08:05Read it in the transcript
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  don't pretend you aren't confusedEp 1 · with Tyler Dorchester

  Tamir gave his father a Hebrew translation; after a couple of chapters his dad said 'I already know all of this', which leads to the point that wisdom books often clarify what you already know.

Connections

Written by

• Marcus Aurelius

Referenced by

• Marcus Aurelius

Explored through

• The way people become immortal is through books. Every time you open a book, if you open up Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, you're talking to the dead.Tamir Barzilai · Ep 4 · 1:08:05

Wrote

• Marcus Aurelius

Mentioned alongside

• Ryan Holiday on the OracleTamir Barzilai · Ep 4 · 1:07:18

  Tamir happened to be studying the Oracle of Delphi when Ryan Holiday spoke in Vancouver and told how a philosopher asked the Oracle for the best source of wisdom and was told 'the dead'…

• Dad already knew Marcus AureliusTamir Barzilai · Ep 1 · 44:23

  Tamir gave his father a Hebrew translation of the Meditations. After a couple of chapters his dad said, 'I already know all of this', and when asked if he liked it, 'I don't know, it's…