Translations
“6. Find joy and comfort in moving from one kind action to another, always keeping God in mind.”
Excerpt From
Meditations: Marcus Aurelius Modern English Edition
“7. Delight in this one thing and take thy vest therein – from social act to go on to social act, keeping all thy thoughts on God.”
Τὸ ἡγεμονικόν ἐστι τὸ ἑαυτὸ ἐγεῖρον καὶ τρέπον καὶ ποιοῦν μὲν ἑαυτὸ οἷον ἂν καὶ θέλῃ, ποιοῦν δὲ ἑαυτῷ φαίνεσθαι πᾶν τὸ συμβαῖνον οἷον αὐτὸ θέλει.
Excerpt From
Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius
“VI. Let This Be Thy only Joy, and Thy only Comfort, from One Sociable kind action without intermission to pass unto another, God being ever in thy mind.”
Excerpt From
Meditations Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
“7. To move from one unselfish action to another with God in mind.”
Except From
Meditation Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays)
Translations
It’s the same passage from Book VI (or Book 6) different translations, shows how the language changes. Even the numbering, can’t seem to agree on the exact location. It’s either a six or seven. Usually near the top?
Marcus Aurelius (meditations)
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