“Death and life, success and failure, pain and pleasure, wealth and poverty, all these happen to good and bad alike, and they are neither noble, nor shameful, neither good nor bad.”

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius was written almost 2000 years ago, but it’s still a popular book among philosophically-inclined rulers. But is Meditations truly profound philosophy, or is it overrated? And could it still act as a useful guide in the modern age?