Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 11.24 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.24
The Lacedæmonians at their public spectacles used to set seats in the shade for strangers, but themselves sat down anywhere.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.24, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesThe Spartans arranged shade for visitors at public shows while sitting wherever they happened to be themselves, a small example of putting a guest's comfort ahead of your own.
Older wording
- “Lacedæmonians”
- — Spartans
Themes and situations
- Kindness and forgiveness
- Community and our duty to others
- Pride and humility
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