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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §6.3.1

Looking Within and Discerning the Value of Things

Passage 140 of 486 · Greek

Summary

The author urges to look within and not let the unique quality or value of anything escape one's attention.

§6.3.1Ἔσω βλέπε·
Look within.
μηδενὸς πράγματος μήτε ἡ ἰδία ποιότης μήτε ἡ ἀξία παρατρεχέτω σε.
Let neither the peculiar quality nor the value of any thing escape you.

Notes

  1. §6.3.1μηδενὸς πράγματος — Genitive case, modifying both of the subsequent subjects, ἡ ἰδία ποιότης (the peculiar quality) and ἡ ἀξία (the value) ("neither the peculiar quality nor the value of any thing").
  2. §6.3.1παρατρεχέτω — Third-person singular present active imperative of the verb παρατρέχω (to run past, escape, be overlooked). Although there are two subjects joined by μήτε... μήτε... (ποιότης and ἀξία), the verb is singular, agreeing with them individually or with the nearer one. It takes the accusative σε as its object, meaning "let it not escape you."

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §6.3.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.3.1

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