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Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE

Meditations 7.41 — Marcus Aurelius

Translation by George Long (1862)

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.41

If gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.
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Even when it seems the gods neglect you and your children, there is a reason behind it. Misfortune is part of an order you cannot fully see, which supports accepting it rather than raging at it.

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  • Acceptance and fate
  • Adversity and hardship
  • Nature and the cosmos

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.41, tr. George Long (1862)