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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

§ Section 19

Book Twelve

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Book Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.

Book Description: The personal notes of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. This book has influenced many throughout history from students to statesmen. It's an inside look at a brilliant and thoughtful man working on living well. The emperor and philosopher's thoughts are crucial to understand for any Stoic seeking to do their best in a complex world.

Chapter Subtitle: All those things at which you wish to arrive by a circuitous road, you canst have now, if you dost not refuse them to yourself

19. Perceive at last that you have in you something better and more divine than the things which cause the various affects, and as it were pull you by the strings.

What is there now in my mind?

Is it fear, or suspicion, or desire, or anything of the kind?