Reverence the faculty which produces opinion. On this faculty it entirely depends whether there shall exist in thy ruling part any opinion inconsistent with nature and the constitution of the rational animal. And this faculty promises freedom from hasty judgement, and friendship towards men, and obedience to the gods.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Meditations, Book III - 9.
Excellent project. I wanted to share with you my blog project which - in parallel with you - involves a rewriting of the meditations along with a detailed explanation of each of the meditations that is not included on my book: "The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated and Explained." I am working in reverse order from Book XII through Book I, at the rate of 1-2 meditations per day. The blog link is here:
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Thanks Russell - I'm glad you like it.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I haven't dared try to explain as you do in your blog. I'm sticking to the multi-language aspect as the main theme to mine. Now if could only find a good Greek version...
Niall.