Marcus Aurelius Meditations Assistant

Answers questions on Epictetus's Enchiridion, the Stoic handbook on what is and is not in our control, quoting a public-domain English translation from Project Gutenberg and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Machiavelli's The Prince, on gaining and keeping power, quoting W. K. Marriott's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on the Analects of Confucius, sayings on learning, virtue and government, quoting James Legge's English translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.

Answers questions on Plato's Republic: justice, the ideal city and the allegory of the cave, quoting Benjamin Jowett's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.

Answers questions on Augustine's Confessions: the stolen pears, his conversion in the garden and his reflections on time and memory, quoting Edward Bouverie Pusey's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.

Answers questions on the Dhammapada, the Buddhist verses on the mind, anger, craving and the path, quoting F. Max Müller's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on the Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna's dilemma, duty, action without attachment and devotion, quoting Sir Edwin Arnold's verse translation (The Song Celestial) from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Francis Bacon's Essays: short counsels on studies, truth, friendship, ambition, revenge and other topics, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the essay.