Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 8.27 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.27
There are three relations between thee and other things: the one to the body which surrounds thee; the second to the divine cause from which all things come to all; and the third to those who live with thee.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.27, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesYour situation always involves three relationships: with the body and the material world around you, with the divine cause behind everything, and with the people you live alongside.
Older wording
- “divine cause”
- — the god or rational source of everything
Themes and situations
- Duty and roles
- Community and our duty to others
- Nature and the cosmos
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