Book Nine
9:28
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: He who acts unjustly acts impiously.
28. The periodic movements of the universe are the same, up and down from age to age.
And either the universal intelligence puts itself in motion for every separate effect, and if this is so, be you content with that which is the result of its activity; or it puts itself in motion once, and everything else comes by way of sequence in a manner; or indivisible elements are the origin of all things.
- In a word, if there is a god, all is well; and if chance rules, do not you also be governed by it.
Soon will the earth cover us all: then the earth, too, will change, and the things also which result from change will continue to change for ever, and these again for ever.
For if a man reflects on the changes and transformations which follow one another like wave after wave and their rapidity, he will despise everything which is perishable.
Book: Meditations
Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Chapter: Book Nine
Chapter Subtitle: He who acts unjustly acts impiously.
Location: Chapter 9, Section 28
Content:
28. The periodic movements of the universe are the same, up and down from age to age.
And either the universal intelligence puts itself in motion for every separate effect, and if this is so, be you content with that which is the result of its activity; or it puts itself in motion once, and everything else comes by way of sequence in a manner; or indivisible elements are the origin of all things.
- In a word, if there is a god, all is well; and if chance rules, do not you also be governed by it.
Soon will the earth cover us all: then the earth, too, will change, and the things also which result from change will continue to change for ever, and these again for ever.
For if a man reflects on the changes and transformations which follow one another like wave after wave and their rapidity, he will despise everything which is perishable.