Two thousand years old. Finally readable.

Most of the classics reach readers through translations written a century or more ago, in English nobody speaks anymore. The conviction behind this series is simple: these books were written to be read, not decoded.

Marcus Aurelius wrote notes to himself, not monuments. Epictetus taught in the blunt, living speech of the classroom. Epicurus wrote letters to friends. A translation should sound the way the original felt to its first readers — direct, plain, and alive.

Every volume is translated fresh from the original Greek or Latin, checked line-by-line against the source for completeness and fidelity, and published with the original work openly identified.

Translated by Julian Morrow. Follow on Amazon to be notified as new volumes are released.