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pg2680 | INTRODUCTION | MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS was born on April 26, A.D. 121. His real name was M.Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a noble family which claimed descent fromNuma, second King of Rome. Thus the most religious of emperors came of theblood of the most pious of early kings. His father, Annius Verus, had held highoffice in Rom... |
pg2680 | HIS FIRST BOOK | Wherein Antoninus recordeth, What and of whom, whether Parents, Friends, or Masters; by their good examples, or good advice and counsel, he had learned:
Divided into Numbers or Sections.
ANTONINUS Book vi. Num. xlviii. Whensoever thou wilt rejoice thyself, think and meditate upon those ... |
pg2680 | THE SECOND BOOK | I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is high time for thee to understand the true nature both of the world, whereof thou art a part; and of that Lord and G... |
pg2680 | THE THIRD BOOK |
I. A man must not only consider how daily his life wasteth and decreaseth, but this also, that if he live long, he cannot be certain, whether his understanding shall continue so able and sufficient, for either discreet consideration, in matter of businesses; or for contemplation: it being the... |
pg2680 | THE FOURTH BOOK |
I. That inward mistress part of man if it be in its own true natural temper, is towards all worldly chances and events ever so disposed and affected, that it will easily turn and apply itself to that which may be, and is within its own power to compass, when that cannot be which at first it i... |
pg2680 | THE FIFTH BOOK |
I. In the morning when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise, consider with thyself presently, it is to go about a man's work that I am stirred up. Am I then yet unwilling to go about that, for which I myself was born and brought forth into this world? Or was I made for this, to lay me down, ... |
pg2680 | THE SIXTH BOOK |
I. The matter itself, of which the universe doth consist, is of itself very tractable and pliable. That rational essence that doth govern it, hath in itself no cause to do evil. It hath no evil in itself; neither can it do anything that is evil: neither can anything be hurt by it. And all thi... |
pg2680 | THE SEVENTH BOOK | "\n I. What is wickedness? It is that which many time and often thou hast already seen and(...TRUNCATED) |
pg2680 | THE EIGHTH BOOK | "\n I. This also, among other things, may serve to keep thee from vainglory; if thou shalt(...TRUNCATED) |
pg2680 | THE NINTH BOOK | "\n I. He that is unjust, is also impious. For the nature of the universe, having made all(...TRUNCATED) |
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