Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius AntoninusMarcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
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Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
Ethics; Life; Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180; Stoics
[Greek: kosmos, ho olos], the universe, that which is the One and
the all (vi. 25).
[Greek: krima], a judgment.
[Greek: kyrieuon, to endon], that which rules within (iv. 1), the same
as [Greek: to hêgemonikon]. Diogenes Laertius vii., Zeno. [Greek:
hêgemonikon de einai to kyriôtaton tês psychês].
[Greek: logika, ta], the things which have reason.
[Greek: logikos], rational.
[Greek: logos], reason.
[Greek: logos spermatikos], seminal principle.
[Greek: mesa, ta], things indifferent, viewed with respect to
virtue.
[Greek: noeros], intellectual.
[Greek: nomos], law.
[Greek: nous], intelligence, understanding.
[Greek: oiêsis], arrogance, pride. It sometimes means in Antoninus
the same as [Greek: typhos]; but it also means "opinion."
[Greek: oikonomia] (dispositio, ordo, Cic.) has sometimes the peculiar
sense of artifice, or doing something with an apparent purpose
different from the real purpose.
[Greek: holon, to], the universe, the whole: [Greek: hê tôn olôn physis].
[Greek: onta, ta], things which exist; existence, being.
[Greek: orexis], desire of a thing, which is opposed to [Greek: ekklisis],
aversion.
[Greek: hormê], movement towards an object, appetite; appetitio,
naturalis appetitus, appetitus animi (Cic.).
[Greek: ousia], substance (vi. 49). Modern writers sometimes incorrectly
translate it "essentia." It is often used by Epictetus in the same
sense as [Greek: hylê]. Aristotle (Cat. c. 5) defines [Greek: ousia],
and it is properly translated "substantia" (ed. Jul. Pacius).
Porphyrius (Isag. c. 2): [Greek: hê ousia anôtatô ousa tô mêden pro
autês genos hên to genikôtaton].
[Greek: parakolouthêtikê dynamis, hê], the power which enables us
to observe and understand.
[Greek: peisis], passivity, opposed to [Greek: energeia]: also, affect.
[Greek: peristaseis], circumstances, the things which surround
us; troubles, difficulties.
[Greek: peprômenê, hê], destiny.
[Greek: proairesis], purpose, free will (Aristot. Rhet. i. 13).
[Greek: proaireta, ta], things which are within our will or power.
[Greek: proairetikon, to], free will.
[Greek: prothesis], a purpose, proposition.
[Greek: pronoia] (providentia, Cic.), providence.
[Greek: skopos], object, purpose.
[Greek: stoicheion], element.
[Greek: synkatathesis] (assensio, approbatio, Cic.), assent; [Greek:
synkatatheseis] (probationes, Gellius, xix. 1).
[Greek: synkrimata], things compounded (ii. 3).
[Greek: synkrisis], the act of combining elements out of which
a body is produced, combination.
[Greek: synthesis], ordering, arrangement (compositio).
[Greek: systêma], system, a thing compounded of parts which
have a certain relation to one another.
[Greek: hylê], matter, material.
[Greek: hylikon, to], the material principle.
[Greek: hypexairesis], exception, reservation; [Greek: meth'
hypexaireseôs], conditionally.
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