Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 6.22 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.22
I do my duty: other things trouble me not; for they are either things without life, or things without reason, or things that have rambled and know not the way.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.22, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesDo your own duty and let the rest go, because everything else is either lifeless, unreasoning, or people who have lost their way and are not worth being disturbed by.
Older wording
- “rambled”
- — wandered off course
Themes and situations
- Duty and roles
- What is in our control
- Peace of mind
- Conflict at work
- Everyday irritations
- Anxiety about the future
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