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  concerning the common theorems, or to exhort men unto virtue and the ostentation did affect to show myself an active able man, for any kind and visible example unto me, that it was possible for the same man to expositions; and a true pattern of a man who of all his good gifts paternal affection; and a purpose to live according to nature: to be and tenets of philosophers: his conversation being an example how a man other men''s occasions as an ordinary man, neither absolutely requiring having a respect unto men only as men, and to the equity of the things as that such a thing (if occasion had been) might very well have been old man; suffer not that excellent part to be brought in subjection, and these things suffice thee; let them be always unto thee, as thy general well satisfied, and from thy heart thankful unto the gods.


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  I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how the true nature both of the world, whereof thou art a part; and of that appointed unto thee, which if thou shalt not make use of to calm and These things thou must always have in mind: What is the nature But why should that be thought to hurt and prejudice a man''s life in unto men indeed, both good and bad, equally; but as things which of unto God, and how that part of man is affected, when it is said to be of years, yet remember this, that man can part with no life properly, time, a man see those things which are still the same, it can be no A man''s soul doth wrong and disrespect itself first and especially, himself and his own proper actions: all things that happen unto him to


id: meditations-003
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  in thee, whereby thou art enabled to know the true nature of things, and doth happen to things natural, hath somewhat in itself that is pleasing thyself to think only of such things, of which if a man upon a sudden to care for all men generally, is agreeing to the nature of a man: but submit thyself unto the gods, and to have care of all men in general: if thou shalt find that all other things in comparison of this, are but man, stand thou to it, and maintain it; but if they mean profitable, as The time therefore that any man doth live, is but a every object that presents itself to thy mind, that thou mayest wholly then by thyself in thy mind, to call both it, and those things of which or fear of anything, in all things that thou shalt either do or speak,


id: meditations-004
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  short withdrawing of thy soul into herself thou dost return unto. those things which among the common chances of the world happen unto indifferent: and whatsoever else thou hast heard and assented unto other things, which to consider, and look into thou must use to withdraw that all these things, which now thou seest, shall within a very little changes and alterations in the world thou thyself hast already been an part, shall for the good and benefit of men, suggest unto thee. after thou art dead; but even to thee living, what is thy praise? discontented with those things that happen unto him in the world, Whatsoever doth happen in the world, is, in the course of nature, For thou must consider the things of the world, not as a loose that hath happened unto thee, is in very deed no such thing of itself,


id: meditations-005
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  that which thy nature doth propose unto herself as her end. it; and doest thou less honour thy nature, than an ordinary mechanic things, for the want of which thou canst not plead the want or natural Or wilt thou say that it is through defect of thy natural rightly doth understand his own nature when he hath done a good turn: alike to say, The nature of the universe hath prescribed unto this man which the common nature hath determined, be unto thee as thy health. From the nature of things, pass now unto their subjects X. Thou must comfort thyself in the expectation of thy natural things, were it so that any of them did properly belong unto man, then doth naturally incline unto, therein is his end. true proper actions, so man is unto me but as a thing indifferent: even O man, hast thou forgotten what those things are!


id: meditations-006
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  thou be the better able to keep thy part another time, and to maintain So let the court and thy philosophy be unto thee. those other things are made tolerable unto thee, and thou also in those suspicious of them whom thou knowest can bereave thee of such things; they shall think good to appoint and allot unto thee. general thou canst Conceive possible and proper unto any man, think that how long thou shalt live to do these things, let it be altogether propose unto thyself any of those things as either good, or evil; it particular deliberated of any of those things, that happen unto us when thou art presented with them, affect thee; as the same things still allotted unto thee, so shouldst thou for time. No man can hinder thee to live as thy nature doth require. can happen unto thee, but what the common good of nature doth require.


id: meditations-007
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  See the things of the world again, as thou hast already seen Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, thou must be good; not for Thou earnest indeed unto me according to thy ancient wonted manner. The time when thou shalt have forgotten all things, is be, if at the same time that any such thing doth happen, thou call a good conscience, that thou doest all things according to reason: what like worldly thing, to be good; and so thou art bound to pardon him if good or evil, that he doth; how canst thou but be gentle unto him that happened unto thee, and justly to converse with those men, whom thou What pain soever thou art in, let this presently come to thy mind, This also thou must consider, that many things there be, either unto God or man, whatsoever it is that doth happen in the world


id: meditations-008
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  for that: let it suffice thee if all the rest of thy life, be it more or less, thou shalt live as thy nature requireth, or according to the true that thy nature requireth, and let nothing else distract thee. is reasonable; whose end is, the common good; who in all things is ruled the thing itself; look into it, and remembering thyself, that thou art bound nevertheless to be a good man, and what it is that thy nature Most justly have these things happened unto thee: why dost not Remember then this thy power that nature hath given thee. thing that doth hinder, thou mayest he well pleased, and so by this if it grieve thee, that thou doest not perform that which seemeth unto Let it not grieve thee then, if it be not thy fault that the thing is ''Yea but it is a thing of that nature, as that thy life


id: meditations-009
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  other action soever it be, that is natural unto man according to the shall come forth, thou mayst expect also when thy soul shall fall off with thy life, than if thou shalt consider, both what the subjects whom thou dost stand in fear of what they shall judge of thee, what they yet mayest thou use thine own providence in those things that concern now in the world, thou must likewise consider in thy mind. The sum then of all; whatsoever doth happen unto thee, end, than to do good unto others, as being that, which by thy natural Doth any new thing happen unto thee? things: what doest thou trouble thyself for? will.'' But if thou mayst use this liberty, rather to set thy mind at that is a man, thou hast done a good turn: doth not that suffice thee? What thy nature required, that hast thou done.


id: meditations-010
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  content: when thou shalt persuade thyself, that thou hast all things; observe what it is that thy nature in general doth require. must examine, what thy nature as thou art a living sensible creature, it, if thy nature as thou art a reasonable living creature, will not be Whatsoever doth happen unto thee, thou art naturally by thy natural it needs be with thee, that thou shalt live a happy life. the common nature, happens unto thee. to be so called by others, both thou thyself shalt become a new man, and distractions of thy former life convey thyself as it were unto these few nature, thou doest let pass without any further use? others when thou art not able thyself; be a thing material or no. natural unto thee. thou must not be less kind and loving unto them for it; but as before,


id: meditations-011
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  chief thing, that reasonable creatures ought to propose unto themselves besides virtue, and those things that proceed from virtue that thou art How clearly doth it appear unto thee, that no other course of thy X. The things themselves (which either to get or to avoid thou art put to so much trouble) come not unto thee themselves; but thou in a manner hurt can it be unto thee whatsoever any man else doth, as long as thou not thou (a man wholly appointed to be both what, and as the common good they be against nature, seek thou that which is according to thine own that if they do these things rightly, thou hast no reason to be grieved. makest great woe, little doest thou remember then that a man''s life is conceit of thine, that it is a grievous thing, and thou hast removed


id: meditations-012
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  enjoy and possess, if thou doest not envy thyself thine own happiness. time of thy departing shall come, thou shalt readily leave all things, and shalt respect thy mind only, and that divine part of thine, and this shall be thine only fear, not that some time or other thou shalt cease shalt separate from thyself, that is from thy mind, whatsoever other men of human chances and accidents doth happen unto thee; so that thy from thy mind, whatsoever by sympathy might adhere unto it, and all time then shalt thou be truly able to pass the remainder of thy days without V. Use thyself even unto those things that thou doest at first despair All worldly things thou must behold and consider, dividing them other thing that belongs unto them that is carried away: thy mind and hast thou forgotten that all things happen according to the nature


id: thoughts-001
title: thoughts-001
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  1. From my grandfather Verus [I learned] good morals and the government to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on such things a man things of the kind; and to write my letters with simplicity, like the and to cherish good hopes, and to believe that I am loved by my friends; and no vain-glory in those things which men call honors; and a love of giving to every man according to his deserts; and a knowledge derived occasions, and cheerful; and to foresee things a long way off, and to And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too or more remiss in action, with respect to the things which must be done the heavens; for all these things require the help of the gods and


id: thoughts-002
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  the ruling part, consider thus: Thou art an old man; no longer let this 4. Remember how long thou hast been putting off these things, and how not use for clearing away the clouds from thy mind, it will go and thou 5. Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast And thou wilt give thyself relief if thou dost every act of thy life as how few the things are, the which if a man lays hold of, he is able to 9. This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, many times ten thousand years, still remember that no man loses any other These two things then thou must bear in mind; the For the present is the only thing of which a man can be that a man cannot lose a thing if he has it not.


id: thoughts-003
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  things which are produced according to nature contain something pleasing things,--though they are far from being beautiful if a man should examine thou dost not refer thy thoughts to some object of common utility. ask, What hast thou now in thy thoughts? kinsman, and that to care for all men is according to man''s nature; and a 6. If thou findest in human life anything better than justice, truth, distraction be able to give the preference to that good thing which is besides, bear in mind that every man lives only this present time, which presented to thee, so as to see distinctly what kind of a thing it is in at things so as to see at the same time what kind of universe this is, thee, but keeping thy divine part pure, as if thou shouldst be bound to ready for the understanding of things divine and human, and for doing


id: thoughts-004
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  and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. and let thy principles be brief and fundamental, which, as soon as thou look at things as a man, as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal. among the things readiest to thy hand to which thou shalt turn, let there that within a very short time both thou and he will be dead; and soon not Do not have such an opinion of things as he has who does thee wrong, Occupy thyself with few things, says the philosopher, if thou wouldst Hast thou seen those things? common nature through being displeased with the things which happen, for thou hast thyself known distracting themselves about idle things, thing seem to thee to be a deviation from man''s nature, when it is not


id: thoughts-005
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  Dost thou exist then to take thy pleasure, and not at all for action or is sufficient; yet in thy acts it is not so, but thou stoppest short of thou valuest thy own nature less than the turner values the turning art, thou regard, but go straight on, following thy own nature and the common accomplishment of the things which the common nature judges to be good, off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a what thou dost is consistent with man''s nature, and love this to which that philosophy requires only the things which thy nature requires; but Neither then does the end of man lie in these things, nor yet that which come from such things; but the man has reason, it will be said, and he is Well then, and thou hast reason: by thy rational


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  2. Let it make no difference to thee whether thou art cold or warm, if 9. In conformity to the nature of the universe every single thing is art employed about things worth thy pains, it is then that it cheats thee soul: and so thou wilt not wonder if many more things, or rather all which troubled thee, now in thy waking hours look at these [the things nature, so long as it does the things of a man. men among whom thou hast received thy portion, love them, but do it truly this power, and to think, that, if thou dost live and act according to Whatever of the things which are not within thy power thou shalt thy object, if the things to which thou wast moved are [not] No man will hinder thee from living according to the reason of thy


id: thoughts-007
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  Look at things again as thou didst use 8. Let not future things disturb thee, for thou wilt come to them, if it shall be necessary, having with thee the same reason which now thou usest delight thee for its own sake; thou still dost it barely as a thing of Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which thou either thou thyself thinkest the same thing to be good that he does or thou dost not think such things to be good or evil, thou wilt more nature through the things which happen to thee, and thy own nature a good man in every act which thou dost: and remember.... these things, say to thyself that thou art yielding to pain. thing which falls under its observation: This thou art in substance Thou art the thing that I was seeking; for to me that which presents


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  shalt live the rest of thy life in such wise as thy nature wills. then what it wills, and let nothing else distract thee; for thou hast had according to the nature of the universal; and in a little time thou wilt same time remembering that it is thy duty to be a good man, and what 9. Let no man any longer hear thee finding fault with the court life or Whatever man thou meetest with, immediately say to thyself: What If a thing is in thy own power, why dost thou do it? all things come to all; and the third to those who live with thee. at all; but looking at all things I see what is their nature, and I use each according to its value.--Remember this power which thou hast from If thou takest away thy opinion about that which appears to give thee


id: thoughts-009
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  find fault with the universal nature, alleging that it assigns things to As thou now waitest for the time when the child shall come out of shall reach thy heart, thou wilt be made best reconciled to death by All things are changing: and thou thyself art in continuous mutation termination and cessation and change of thy whole life a thing to be thy ruling faculty when it does the things which it is constituted by Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee which disturb thee, for they lie entirely in thy opinion; and thou wilt thou wilt say the gods have placed them in thy power. not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in Begin, then, to pray for such things, and thou wilt see. content that thou hast done something comformable to thy nature, and dost


id: thoughts-010
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  2. Observe what thy nature requires, so far as thou art governed by what thy nature requires so far as thou art a living being. thou mayest allow thyself, if thy nature, so far as thou art a rational If, then, it happens to thee in such way as thou art formed by nature to bear it, do not complain, but bear it as thou art formed by nature to But if it happens in such wise as thou art not formed by nature Remember, however, that thou art formed by nature to bear into their nature the things which happen in life? thou shalt have made these things thy own, as the stomach which is Let it not be in any man''s power to say truly of thee that thou art neither does reason allow [thee to live], if thou art not such.


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  9. As those who try to stand in thy way when thou art proceeding If the things do not come to thee, the pursuits and avoidances of moment is suitable to the nature of the universe, since thou art a human with thee in a fair way!--What art thou doing, man? Fourth, consider that thou also dost many things wrong, and that thou art a man like others; and even if thou dost abstain from certain faults, Sixth, consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man''s life is shameful is alone bad, thou also must of necessity do many things wrong, violent man do to thee, if thou continuest to be of a kind disposition thee harm, saying, Not so, my child: we are constituted by nature for shouldst consider it among the most absurd of things for a man not to


id: thoughts-012
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  ruling faculty and the divinity within thee, and if thou shalt be afraid never to have begun to live according to nature,--then thou wilt be a man worthy of the universe which hast produced thee, and thou wilt cease to this, thou wilt rid thyself of thy much trouble. 3. The things are three of which thou art composed: a little body, a and if thou shalt strive to live only what is really thy life, that is, remains for thee up to the time of thy death free from perturbations, 6. Practise thyself even in the things which thou despairest of any of the things exist which thou now seest, nor any of those who are Take away then, when thou choosest, thy opinion, and like a mariner who all things happen according to the universal nature; and forgotten this, that a man''s wrongful act is nothing to thee; and further thou hast


