Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 10.20 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.20
That is for the good of each thing, which the universal nature brings to each. And it is for its good at the time when nature brings it.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.20, tr. George Long (1862)
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AI-written notesWhatever the world brings to a thing is for that thing's good, and it arrives at the right moment for it. Trust that what comes into your life is part of what suits the whole, including you.
Older wording
- “universal nature”
- — the rational order of the whole cosmos
Themes and situations
- Acceptance and fate
- Nature and the cosmos
- A career setback
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