Book Five
5:23
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.
23. Often think of the rapidity with which things pass by and disappear, both the things which are and the things which are produced.
For substance is like a river in a continual flow, and the activities of things are in constant change, and the causes work in infinite varieties; and there is hardly anything which stands still.
And consider this which is near to you this boundless abyss of the past and of the future in which all things disappear.
How then is he not a fool who is puffed up with such things or plagued about them and makes himself miserable?
For they vex him only for a time, and a short time.
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 23
Content:
23. Often think of the rapidity with which things pass by and disappear, both the things which are and the things which are produced.
For substance is like a river in a continual flow, and the activities of things are in constant change, and the causes work in infinite varieties; and there is hardly anything which stands still.
And consider this which is near to you this boundless abyss of the past and of the future in which all things disappear.
How then is he not a fool who is puffed up with such things or plagued about them and makes himself miserable?
For they vex him only for a time, and a short time.