Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 11.38 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.38
The dispute then, he said, is not about any common matter, but about being mad or not.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.38, tr. George Long (1862)
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AI-written notesA fragment saying that the real argument between the philosopher and ordinary people is not over trivial matters but over whether one's thinking is sane or mad. Without the surrounding discussion its practical point is hard to pin down.
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- Virtue and character
- Judgements and impressions
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