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
Reason the, can adapt everything that happens to its own use, v. 20; vi.
8; vii. 68 (l. 16); viii. 35; x. 31 (sub f.).
Reason, we should live according to. _See_ Nature.
Repentance does not follow renouncement of pleasure, viii. 10.
Resignation and contentment, iii. 4 (l. 27, etc.), 16 (l. 10, etc.); iv.
23, 31, 33 (sub f.), 34; v. 8 (sub f.), 33 (l. 16); vi. 16 (sub f.),
44, 49; vii. 27, 57; ix. 37; x. 1, 11, 14, 25, 28, 35.
Revenge, best kind of, vi. 6.
Rising from bed, v. 1; viii. 11.
Ruling part, the, ii. 2; iv. 11, 19, 21, 26; vi. 14, 35; vii. 16, 55
(par. 2); viii. 45, 48, 56, 57, 60, 61; ix. 15, 26; x. 24,
33 (l. 21), 38; xi. 1, 19, 20; xii. 3, 14.
Self-reliance and steadfastness of soul, iii. 5 (sub f.), 12; iv. 14, 29
(l. 5), 49 (par. 1); v. 3, 34 (l. 5); vi. 44 (l. 15); vii. 12, 15; ix.
28 (l. 8), 29 (sub f.); xii. 14.
Self-restraint, v. 33 (sub f.).
Self, we should retire into, iv. 3 (l. 4 and par. 2); vii. 28, 33, 59;
viii. 48.
Senses, movements of the, to be disregarded, v. 31 (l. 10); vii. 55
(par. 2); viii. 26, 39; x. 8 (l. 13); xi. 19; xii. 1 (l. 18).
Sickness, behavior in, ix. 41.
Social. _See_ Mankind.
Steadfastness of soul. _See_ Self-reliance.
Substance, the universal, iv. 40; v. 24; vii. 19, 23; xii. 30.
Suicide, v. 29; viii. 47 (sub f.); x. 8 (l. 35).
Time compared to a river, iv. 43.
Time, infinity of, iv. 3 (l. 35), 50 (sub f.); v. 24; ix. 32; xii. 7,
32.
Tragedy, xi. 6.
Tranquillity of soul, iv. 3; vi. 11; vii. 68; viii. 28.
Ugly, the, ii. 1.
Unintelligible things, v. 10.
Universe, harmony of the, iv. 27, 45; v. 8 (l. 14).
Universe, intimate connection and co-operation of all things in the, one
with another, ii. 3, 9; iv. 29; v. 8, 30; vi. 38, 42, 43; vii. 9, 19,
68 (sub f.); viii. 7; ix. 1; x. 1.
Universe, nothing that dies falls out of the, viii. 18, 50 (l. 13); x. 7
(l. 25).
Universe, nothing that happens is contrary to the nature of the, v. 8,
10 (sub f.); vi. 9, 58; viii. 5; xii. 26.
Unnecessary things, v. 45.
Unnecessary thoughts, words, and actions, iii. 4; iv. 24.
Vain professions, x. 16; xi. 15.
Virtue, vi. 17.
Virtue its own reward, v. 6; vii. 73; ix. 42 (l. 47); xi. 4.
Virtue, omnipotence of, iv. 16.
Virtue, pleasure in contemplating, vi. 48.
Whole, integrity of the, to be preserved, v. 8 (sub f.).
Whole, the. _See_ Interests.
Wickedness has always existed, vii. 1.
Wickedness must exist in the world, viii. 15, 50; ix. 42; xi. 18 (par.
ii); xii. 16.
Worst evil, the, ix. 2 (l. 9.)
Worth and importance, things of real, iv. 33 (sub f.); v. 10 (l. 16);
vi. 16, 30 (l. 7), 47 (sub f.); vii. 20, 44, 46, 58, 66; viii. 2,
3, 5; ix. 6, 12; x. 8 (l. 27), 11; xii. 1, 27, 31, 33.
Wrong-doing cannot really harm any one, vii. 22; viii. 55; ix. 42 (l.
25); x. 13 (par. 1); xi. 18 (par. 7).
Wrong-doing injures the wrong-doer, iv. 26; ix. 4, 38; xi. 18 (par. 3).
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