Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 7.6 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.6
How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.6, tr. George Long (1862)
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In plain English
AI-written notesFame fades: many people once celebrated have been forgotten, and those who sang their praises are dead too. It is a poor foundation for a life.
Older wording
- “oblivion”
- — being completely forgotten
Themes and situations
- Reputation and others' opinions
- Time and the present
- Change and impermanence
- Ambition and success
- Handling success
- Searching for meaning
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