Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 4.34 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.34
Willingly give thyself up to Clotho, one of the Fates, allowing her to spin thy thread into whatever things she pleases.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.34, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesAccept your fate willingly and let it be spun out as it will, rather than fighting what you cannot control.
Older wording
- “Clotho”
- — one of the three Fates, who spins the thread of life
Themes and situations
- Acceptance and fate
- Nature and the cosmos
- Anxiety about the future
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