Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 6.38 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.38
Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe and their relation to one another. For in a manner all things are implicated with one another, and all in this way are friendly to one another; for one thing comes in order after another, and this is by virtue of the active movement and mutual conspiration and the unity of the substance.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.38, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesOften reflect on how everything in the universe is linked, each thing following another in order and working in sympathy with the rest. Seeing those connections makes the world feel less like an enemy.
Older wording
- “implicated”
- — intertwined or involved with
- “conspiration”
- — working together in harmony, literally breathing together
Themes and situations
- Nature and the cosmos
- Community and our duty to others
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