Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 7.20 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.20
One thing only troubles me, lest I should do something which the constitution of man does not allow, or in the way which it does not allow, or what it does not allow now.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.20, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesThe only thing worth worrying about is whether I will do something that is wrong for a human being, or do it in the wrong way, or at the wrong time.
Older wording
- “constitution”
- — basic nature as a reasoning, social being
Themes and situations
- Virtue and character
- Duty and roles
- Peace of mind
- An ethical dilemma
- A hard decision
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