The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Stoic Snippets 128


Adorn yourself with simplicity and modesty, and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. 

Love mankind. Follow God. 

The poet says that law rules all—and it is enough to remember that law rules all. 

—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.31 

IMAGE: Hans Makart, Allegory of the Law and Truth of Representation (c. 1884)





No comments:

Post a Comment