Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 6.9 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.9
In conformity to the nature of the universe every single thing is accomplished, for certainly it is not in conformity to any other nature that each thing is accomplished, either a nature which externally comprehends this, or a nature which is comprehended within this nature, or a nature external and independent of this.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.9, tr. George Long (1862)
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AI-written notesWhatever happens comes about through the nature of the universe, because there is no other nature outside it, inside it or independent of it that could cause anything.
Older wording
- “comprehends”
- — contains or encloses
Themes and situations
- Nature and the cosmos
- Acceptance and fate
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