The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Epictetus, Golden Sayings 168


Take what relates to the body as far as the bare use warrants—as meat, drink, raiment, house, and servants. 

But all that makes for show and luxury reject. 

IMAGE: Frontispiece to Ellis Walker, The Morals of Epictetus in Poetical Paraphrase (1692) 



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