Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 5.2 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.2
How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.2, tr. George Long (1862)
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AI-written notesIt is easy to push away any upsetting or unsuitable impression and be calm again at once, because it only has the power your judgement gives it.
Older wording
- “impression”
- — your first reaction to how something appears
Themes and situations
- Judgements and impressions
- Peace of mind
- Emotions and the passions
- What is in our control
- Anxiety about the future
- Everyday irritations
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