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Often appears with: friendship and loyalty · social duty · revenge vs justice · readiness for sudden events · perception and the senses · justice as a virtue · forms of government · forgiveness of injuries · examining impressions · anger, revenge, and forgiveness · anger and sin
Usually: argument (2) · detachment (2) · exhortation (2) · injustice endured (1)
“The best way of avenging thyself,” says the emperor, “is not to become like, the wrongdoer.” Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius · precept
Marcus Aurelius instructs the reader to live according to reason and the social nature of humans, to examine impressions carefully, to love mankind, and to meet events like a wrestler ready for sudden attacks.
With food and drinks and cunning magic arts Turning the channel’s course to ’scape from death. The breeze which heaven has sent We must endure, and toil without complaining. 52. Another may be more expert in casting his opponent; but he is not more social, nor more modest, nor better disciplined to meet all that happens, nor more considerate with respect to the faults of his neighbors. 53. Where any work can be clo…
It summarizes Marcus Aurelius’s teaching to love mankind, follow God, and forgive injuries: anger can be natural, but revenge must be rejected in favor of pity and reflection.
upper and lower teeth. To act against one another then is contrary to nature; and it is acting against one another to be vexed and to turn away” (II. 1). Further he says: “Take pleasure in one thing, and rest in it in passing from one social act to another social act, thinking of God” (VI. 7). Again: “Love mankind. Follow God” (VI. 31). It is the characteristic of the rational soul for a man to love his neighbor (XI…