The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Stobaeus on Stoic Ethics 17


Of good things, some are in the soul, some external, and some neither in the soul nor external. 

In the soul are the virtues and virtuous conditions and in general praiseworthy activities. 

External are friends and acquaintances and things like that. 

Neither in the soul nor external are virtuous men and in general those who have the virtues. 

Similarly, of bad things, some are in the soul, some external, and some neither in the soul nor external. 

In the soul are the vices together with wicked conditions and in general blameworthy activities. 

External are enemies together with their various forms. 

Neither in the soul nor external are base men and all those who have the vices. 

IMAGE: Frederic Remington, The Scout: Friends or Foes? (c. 1905) 



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