“The intelligence of the universe is social.”
V, 30
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book V
“The intelligence of the universe is social.”
V, 30
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book V
“If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.”
VII, 41
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII
“Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.”
IV, 5
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV
X, 30
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
Kontext: When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what manner thou doest error thyself... For by attending to this thou wilt quickly forget thy anger, if this consideration is also added, that the man is compelled; for what else could he do? or, if thou art able, take away from him the compulsion.
Hays translation
At dawn of day, when you dislike being called, have this thought ready: "I am called to man's labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do what I was born to do and what I was brought into the world for?(Farquharson translation)
Ὄρθρου, ὅταν δυσόκνως ἐξεγείρῃ, πρόχειρον ἔστω ὅτι ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπου ἔργον ἐγείρομαι· ἔτι οὖν δυσκολαίνω, εἰ πορεύομαι ἐπὶ τὸ ποιεῖν ὧν ἕνεκεν γέγονα καὶ ὧν χάριν προῆγμαι εἰς τὸν κόσμον; ἢ ἐπὶ τοῦτο κατεσκεύασμαι, ἵνα κατακείμενος ἐν στρωματίοις ἐμαυτὸν θάλπω;
V, 1
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book V
“Find time still to be learning somewhat good, and give up being desultory.”
Meditations. ii. 7.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)