Meditations

Citations marquantes

Des lignes mémorables tirées de classiques du domaine public.

Stoicism Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome

“Thus the most religious of emperors came of the blood of the most pious of early kings.”

Chapter 1 · Establishes the connection between Marcus Aurelius's lineage and his spiritual reputation.

“Acts of "rightness" or "straightness."”

BOOK V XIV · A definition of moral action derived from the Greek term 'katorqwseiz'.

“paltry breath bearing up corpses”

BOOK X XXII · A poetic description of the physical body contrasted with the life force.