Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
MARCUS A UBELIUS ANTONINUS. 295 itself? for all lies in this. But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke. 34. This reflection is most adapted to move us to contempt of death, that even those who think pleasure to be a good and pain an evil still have despised it. 35. The man to whom that only is good which comes in due season, and to whom it is the same thing whether he has done more or fewer acts conformable to right reason, and to whom it makes no difference whether he contemplates the world for a longer or a shorter time, — for this man neither is death a terrible thing (iii. 7 ; vi. 23 ; x. 20 ; xii. 23). 36. Man, thou hast been a citizen in this great state [the world] ; 1 what difference does it make to thee whether for five years [or three] ? for that which is conformable to the laws is just for all. Where is the hardship then, if no tyrant nor yet an unjust judge sends thee away from the state, but nature, who brought thee into it? the same as if a praetor who has employed an actor dismisses him from the stage.2 — " But I have not finished the five acts, but only three of them." — Thou say est well, but in life the three acts are the whole drama ; for what shall be a complete 1 ii. 16; iii. 11; iv. 29. * iii. 8 ; xi. 1.
p. 296drama is determined by him who was once me cause of its composition, and now of its dissolution: but thou art the cause of neither. Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.
INDEXES.
INDEX OF TERMS.
&8id<fx>pa (indifferentia, Cicero, Seneca, Epp.
82) ; things indifferent, neither good nor bad ; the same as /*4ra. alffxpfc (turpis, Cic), ugly; morally ugly. atria, cause. afrtwSes, atrvov, t6, the formal or formative principle, the cause. &KOLv<J)vriTos, unsocial. &j>a<popd, reference, relation to a purpose. awTre%aiptT(as, unconditionally. airbppoia, efflux. airpoalpera, rd, the things which are not in our will or power. dpxhy a first principle. dropxn. (corpora individua, Cic), atoms. avrdpKeia, est quae parvo contenta omne id respuit quod abundat (Cic.) ; contentment. adrdpK-qs, sufficient in itself ; contented. d<popp.al, means, principles.
The word has also other significations in Epictetus. Index ed. Schweig. yiyvdpAva, rd, things which are produced, come into existence. 8atu<av, god, god in man, man's intelligent principle. diddeo- is, disposition, affection of the mind. dialpeats, division of things into their parts, dissection, resolution, analysis. diaXeKTocrj, ars bene disserendi et vera ac falsa dijudicandi (Cic). SidXvais, dissolution, the opposite of (riyttptfftt.
300 INDEX. ttdpota, understanding; sometimes, the mind generally, the whole intellectual power. Sdyfiara (decreta, Cic), principles. Mva/us poepd, intellectual faculty. tyicpdreut, temperance, self-restraint. etSos in divisione f ormae sunt, quas Graeci etdy vocant ; nostri, si qui haec forte tractant, species appellant (Cic). But ctSos is used by Epictetus and Antoninus less exactly and as a general term, like genus. Index Epict. ed.
Schweig. — 'fts 84 ye al irpurrcu otifflcu Trpbs rd dXXa ^xovaip> ovru> kolI rb etdos irpbs rb y4vos %x€C fcroiceirai yd,p rb eldos r$ y4vei. (Aristot. Cat. c. 5.) eluappAmi (fatalis necessitas, fatum, Cic), destiny, necessity. iia<\l<r eis, aversions, avoidance, the turning away from things j the opposite of 6p4&is.
HfjL\pvxa, rd, things which have life. ivtpyeia, action, activity. iwffia, evpouii, notio, notiones (Cic), or " notitiae rerum ; " notions of things. (Notionem appello quam Graeci turn tvvoiav, turn irpbXi^iv, Cic). fvwais, i), the unity. iiruTTpotp'fj, attention to an object. eidvpla, animi tranquillitas (Cic). ev/xevh, t6, ev/xevela, benevolence ; eip-ep^s sometimes means well-contented. evfoia, benevolence. i£ov<rla, power, faculty. iiraKoXovdrjriv, ica-rd, by way of sequence. iiycfiopiKbv, t6, the ruling faculty or part ; principalis (Cic). ewp'fipja.Ta, percepta (Cic), things perceived, general principles.
KadrjKeLv, r6t duty, " offlcium." jcaX6s, beautiful. icaT<£\#is, comprehension j cognitio, perceptio, comprehengio (Cic). icaraa/cei/ij, constitution.
MARCUS A UBELIUS ANTONINUS. 295 itself? for all lies in this. But everything else, whether it is in the power of your will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke. 34. This reflection is most adapted to move us to contempt of death, that even those who think pleasure to be a good and pain an evil still have despised it. 35. The man to whom that only is good which comes in due season, and to whom it is the same thing whether he has done more or fewer acts conformable to right reason, and to whom it makes no difference whether he contemplates the world for a longer or a shorter time, — for this man neither is death a terrible thing (iii. 7 ; vi. 23 ; x. 20 ; xii. 23). 36. Man, you have been a citizen in this great state [the world] ; 1 what difference does it make to you whether for five years [or three] ? for that which is conformable to the laws is just for all. Where is the hardship then, if no tyrant nor yet an unjust judge sends you away from the state, but nature, who brought you into it? the same as if a praetor who has employed an actor dismisses him from the stage.2 — " But I have not finished the five acts, but only three of them." — You say est well, but in life the three acts are the whole drama ; for what shall be a complete 1 ii. 16; iii. 11; iv. 29. * iii. 8 ; xi. 1.
296 MEDITATIONS. drama is determined by him who was once me cause of its composition, and now of its dissolution: but you are the cause of neither. Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases you is satisfied.
INDEXES.
INDEX OF TERMS.
&8id<fx>pa (indifferentia, Cicero, Seneca, Epp.
82) ; things indifferent, neither good nor bad ; the same as /*4ra. alffxpfc (turpis, Cic), ugly; morally ugly. atria, cause. afrtwSes, atrvov, t6, the formal or formative principle, the cause. &KOLv<J)vriTos, unsocial. &j>a<popd, reference, relation to a purpose. awTre%aiptT(as, unconditionally. airbppoia, efflux. airpoalpera, rd, the things which are not in our will or power. dpxhy a first principle. dropxn. (corpora individua, Cic), atoms. avrdpKeia, est quae parvo contenta omne id respuit quod abundat (Cic.) ; contentment. adrdpK-qs, sufficient in itself ; contented. d<popp.al, means, principles.
The word has also other significations in Epictetus. Index ed. Schweig. yiyvdpAva, rd, things which are produced, come into existence. 8atu<av, god, god in man, man's intelligent principle. diddeo- is, disposition, affection of the mind. dialpeats, division of things into their parts, dissection, resolution, analysis. diaXeKTocrj, ars bene disserendi et vera ac falsa dijudicandi (Cic). SidXvais, dissolution, the opposite of (riyttptfftt.
300 INDEX. ttdpota, understanding; sometimes, the mind generally, the whole intellectual power. Sdyfiara (decreta, Cic), principles. Mva/us poepd, intellectual faculty. tyicpdreut, temperance, self-restraint. etSos in divisione f ormae sunt, quas Graeci etdy vocant ; nostri, si qui haec forte tractant, species appellant (Cic). But ctSos is used by Epictetus and Antoninus less exactly and as a general term, like genus. Index Epict. ed. Schweig. — 'fts 84 you al irpurrcu otifflcu Trpbs rd dXXa ^xovaip> ovru> kolI rb etdos irpbs rb y4vos %x€C fcroiceirai yd,p rb eldos r$ y4vei. (Aristot. Cat. c. 5.) eluappAmi (fatalis necessitas, fatum, Cic), destiny, necessity. iia<\l<r eis, aversions, avoidance, the turning away from things j the opposite of 6p4&is. HfjL\pvxa, rd, things which have life. ivtpyeia, action, activity. iwffia, evpouii, notio, notiones (Cic), or " notitiae rerum ; " notions of things. (Notionem appello quam Graeci turn tvvoiav, turn irpbXi^iv, Cic). fvwais, i), the unity. iiruTTpotp'fj, attention to an object. eidvpla, animi tranquillitas (Cic). ev/xevh, t6, ev/xevela, benevolence ; eip-ep^s sometimes means well-contented. evfoia, benevolence. i£ov<rla, power, faculty. iiraKoXovdrjriv, ica-rd, by way of sequence. iiycfiopiKbv, t6, the ruling faculty or part ; principalis (Cic). ewp'fipja.Ta, percepta (Cic), things perceived, general principles. KadrjKeLv, r6t duty, " offlcium." jcaX6s, beautiful. icaT<£\#is, comprehension j cognitio, perceptio, comprehengio (Cic). icaraa/cei/ij, constitution.
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