Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 10.23 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.23
Let this always be plain to thee, that this piece of land is like any other; and that all things here are the same with things on top of a mountain, or on the seashore, or wherever thou choosest to be. For thou wilt find just what Plato says, Dwelling within the walls of a city as in a shepherd’s fold on a mountain.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.23, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesAny place is much like any other, so wherever you are, in a city, on a mountain or by the sea, you can find the same peace and carry on the same inner life. You can feel as much at home in a town as a shepherd does in his pen on a hillside.
Older wording
- “fold”
- — a pen for sheep
Themes and situations
- Solitude and retreat
- Exile and loss of home
- Peace of mind
- Nature and the cosmos
- Moving away or exile
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