Marcus Aurelius' Meditations — A Conversation with Translator Aaron Poochigian

Podcast: Learn with Leshley · Lyon Leshley

Opublikowano: 2026-03-04

What does it take to translate the most powerful private journal ever written? In this episode I sit down with Aaron Poochigian — poet, classicist, and translator based in New York City — to discuss his remarkable new translation of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, out now from Liveright Publishing/W.W. Norton. We go deep into the philosophy, the man, and the translation craft: — Why Marcus wrote in Greek, not Latin — The three distinct voices hidden inside the Meditations — the Instructor, the Aspirant, and the Objector — How Stoicism actually held up against war, plague and absolute power — Mement...