Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 1.4 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.4
From my great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on such things a man should spend liberally.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.4, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesA good education is worth paying generously for, and the author is glad he had good teachers at home rather than in the public schools. A practical point for anyone deciding how much to invest in learning.
Older wording
- “frequented”
- — attended regularly
Themes and situations
- Learning and progress
- Family and love
- Wealth and poverty
- Parenting
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