Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE
Meditations 8.60 — Marcus Aurelius
Translation by George Long (1862)
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.60
In one way an arrow moves, in another way the mind. The mind indeed, both when it exercises caution and when it is employed about inquiry, moves straight onward not the less, and to its object.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.60, tr. George Long (1862)
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AI-written notesAn arrow flies one way and a mind another, but a mind that is being careful or investigating still heads straight for its target. Caution and inquiry do not mean drifting; the mind keeps its direction.
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