Meditations was good, but I certainly enjoyed Epictetus more. There’s little humor in Meditations — you can tell it was written in a battlefield camp rather than a Greek island.
Aurelius is also much more of a “scold” whereas Epictetus is more like a gadfly who enjoys provoking. Epictetus has plenty I disagree with, and it’s not always easy to parse, but there’s also lots of great stuff, and I’d recommend starting with him. Chronologically, he was also first.
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