Questions tagged [marcus-aurelius]
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What does Marcus Aurelius mean by quoting Plato here?
Keep always before you that “this is no different from an empty field,” and the things in it are the same as on a mountaintop, on the seashore, wherever. Plato gets to the heart of it: “fencing a sheepfold in the mountains, and milking goats or…
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Why did Marcus Aurelius reproach rhetoric and poetry?
While reading Marcus' Meditations, I noticed a dose of subtle criticism directed at rhetoric and poetry. As per Book I Chapter XIV:
From the gods I received that ... I was no great proficient in the study of rhetoric and poetry, and of other…
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What does Marcus Aurelius mean by 'sympathetic link'?
I am reading Meditation by Marcus Aurelius and finding difficulty in understanding this sentence:
When they (agitations of the flesh) make their way into your thoughts, through the sympathetic link between mind and body, don’t try to resist the…
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Marcus Aurelius' progression in stoic thought
In what is ascribed to be Verse 18, Book V of Marcus Aurelius' Mediations, Marcus writes:
[1] "Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear."
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[2] "Nothing happens to anyone that he can't…
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Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
My question is short. Are there any contradicting things in Meditations of Marcus Aurelius? Contradictions in between his quotes or quotes and real life.
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wisdom vs thoughts vs meditations of marcus aurelius
i don't know anything about stoicism but am trying to buy a present for someone who likes it a lot. i am seeing books called 'meditations of marcus aurelius', 'wisdom of marcus aurelius', and 'the thoughts of marcus aurelius'. Which, if any, of…
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What exactly did Marcus Autelius mean by "To pursue the impossible is madness: and it is impossible for bad men not to act in character."?
why he did write that? Does this paragraph make any sense? Maybe, he wanted to say it is impossible to be good man without good characters? Any assumption?
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What does Marcus Aurelius' "Lower things for the sake of higher ones, and higher ones for one another" mean and how does it relate to stoic ideals?
From Book Seven of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations:
Everything has to do what it was made for. And other things were made for those with logos. In this respect as in others: lower
things exist for the sake of higher ones, and higher ones for the…
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Modern-day examples of Stoicism?
Having listened to the Meditations audiobook on YouTube, and having watched Professor Michael Sugrue's lecture on Marcus Aurelius - it seems to me, the essence of Stoicism is: to accept what is, as it is - dispassionately, whilst also maintaining…
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