Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 6.5 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.5
The reason which governs knows what its own disposition is, and what it does, and on what material it works.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.5, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesYour guiding reason can know its own state, what it is doing and what it is working with, which means you can examine yourself honestly instead of acting blindly.
Older wording
- “disposition”
- — inner state or attitude
Themes and situations
- Judgements and impressions
- Learning and progress
- Virtue and character
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