Selections from The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antonius, Emperor of RomeRoberts Bros., 1876 - 90 oldal |
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able according to nature affectionate Annius Verus Antoninus Pius art thou Carnuntum conformable dæmon divinity Danube desire dost thou emperor endure evil find fault formable formed by nature freedom freedom of speech friends Fronto Gods Hadrian happens to thee harm hinder thee human justice kind learned live according look Lucius Verus man's nature manly Marcomanni Marcus Antoninus Marcus Aurelius MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS mayest modest Moravia nature to bear obedient pain passion philosophy pleasure poor flesh Quadi ready reason Remember reputation Roman ruling faculty Rusticus satisfied social act syllogisms Syria thing which hap thing which happens THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON thou art formed thou canst thou didst thou dost thou hast leisure thou mayst thou shalt thou wilt thou wouldst thy duty thy mind thy nature thy opinion thy power thy present thy soul thy thoughts tion tranquillity truth vexed wrong Zeus
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3. oldal - ... and reconciled, as soon as they have shown a readiness to be reconciled; and to read carefully, and not to be satisfied with a superficial understanding of a book; nor hastily to give my assent to those who talk overmuch...
18. oldal - What then is that which is able to conduct a man? One thing and only one, philosophy. But this consists in keeping the daemon within a man free from violence and unharmed, superior to pains and pleasures, doing nothing without a purpose, nor yet falsely and with hypocrisy, not feeling the need of another man's doing or not doing anything...
19. oldal - ... man's doing or not doing anything; and besides, accepting all that happens, and all that is allotted, as coming from thence, wherever it is, from whence he himself came; and, finally, waiting for death with a cheerful mind, as being nothing else than a dissolution of the elements of which every living being is compounded. But if there is no harm to the elements themselves in each continually changing into another, why should a man have any apprehension about the change and dissolution of all...
32. oldal - Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early nor too late, which is in due time for thee. Everything is fruit to me which thy seasons bring, O Nature : from thee are all things, in thee are all things, to thee all things return.
50. oldal - When thou wishest to delight thyself, think of the virtues of those who live with thee; for instance, the activity of one, and the modesty of another, and the liberality of a third, and some other good quality of a fourth.
8. oldal - ... and that he never stopped his investigation through being satisfied with appearances which first present themselves ; and that his disposition was to keep his friends, and not to be soon tired of them, nor yet to be extravagant in his affection; and to be satisfied on all occasions, and cheerful; and to foresee things a long way off, and to provide for the smallest without display ; and to check immediately popular applause and all flattery; and to be ever watchful over the things which were...
47. oldal - Remember his constancy in every act which was conformable to reason, and his evenness in all things, and his piety, and the serenity of his countenance, and his sweetness, and his disregard of empty fame, and his efforts to understand things; and how he would never let anything pass without having first most carefully examined it and clearly understood it; and how he bore with those who blamed him unjustly without blaming them in return; how he did nothing in a hurry; and how he listened not to calumnies,...
1. oldal - From my mother, piety and beneficence, and abstinence, not only from evil deeds, but even from evil thoughts ; and further, simplicity in my way of living, far removed from the habits of the rich.
16. oldal - ... what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of providence ? But in truth they do exist, and they do care for human things, and they have put all the means in man's power to enable him not to fall into real evils.
xi. oldal - And so he remains the especial friend and comforter of all clear-headed and scrupulous, yet pure-hearted and upward-striving men, in those ages most especially that walk by sight, not by faith, and yet have no open vision : he cannot give such souls, perhaps, all they yearn for, but he gives them much ; and what he gives them, they can receive.