Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 6.54 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.54
That which is not good for the swarm, neither is it good for the bee.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.54, tr. George Long (1862)
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AI-written notesAnything that harms the community you belong to cannot be good for you as an individual member of it.
Themes and situations
- Community and our duty to others
- Justice and fairness
- Duty and roles
- An ethical dilemma
- Conflict at work
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