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Author: Marcus Aurelius

Translator: George Long

Publication date : (1893)



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It was the doctrine of Marcus Aurelius that most of the ills of life come to us from our own imagination, that it was not in the power of others seriously to interfere with the calm, temperate life of an individual, and that when a fellow being did anything to us that seemed unjust he was acting in ignorance, and that instead of stirring up anger within us it should stir our pity for him.Oftentimes by careful self-examination, we should find that the fault was more our own than that of our fellow, and our sufferings were rather from our own opinions than from anything real. The circle of man's knowledge is very limited, and the largest circles do not wholly include the smallest. They are intersecting and the segment common to any two is very small.Whatever lies outside this space does not exist for both. Hence arise innumerable contests. The man having the largest intelligence ought to be very generous to the other. Being thankful that he has been blessed in so many ways, he should do all in his power to enlighten his less favored fellow, rather than be angry with him on account of his misfortune. Is he not sufficiently punished in being denied the light?George Long (November 4, 1800 – August 10, 1879) was an English classical scholar. ... the Civil Wars of Rome; a translation with Aubrey Stewart and notes of thirteen of Plutarch's Lives (1844–1848); translation of The Meditations of Marcus ...