Book Five
5:13
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: In he morning when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present- I am rising to the work of a human being.
13. I am composed of the formal and the material; and neither of them will perish into non-existence, as neither of them came into existence out of non-existence.
Every part of me then will be reduced by change into some part of the universe, and that again will change into another part of the universe, and so on for ever.
And by consequence of such a change I too exist, and those who begot me, and so on for ever in the other direction.
For nothing hinders us from saying so, even if the universe is administered according to definite periods of revolution.
Book: Meditations
Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Chapter: Book Five
Chapter Subtitle: In he morning when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present- I am rising to the work of a human being.
Location: Chapter 5, Section 13
Content:
13. I am composed of the formal and the material; and neither of them will perish into non-existence, as neither of them came into existence out of non-existence.
Every part of me then will be reduced by change into some part of the universe, and that again will change into another part of the universe, and so on for ever.
And by consequence of such a change I too exist, and those who begot me, and so on for ever in the other direction.
For nothing hinders us from saying so, even if the universe is administered according to definite periods of revolution.