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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §6.39.1

Adapting to Allotted Circumstances and Loving Others Genuinely

Passage 176 of 486 · Greek

Summary

The author exhorts himself to adapt to the circumstances allotted to him and to love genuinely the people with whom fate has associated him.

§6.39.1Οἷς συγκεκλήρωσαι πράγμασι, τούτοις συνάρμοζε σεαυτὸν καὶ οἷς συνείληχας ἀνθρώποις, τούτους φίλει, ἀλλ’ ἀληθινῶς.
Adapt yourself to those things with which you have been allotted by fate, and love those people with whom you have been assigned to live, but do so genuinely.

Notes

  1. §6.39.1Οἷς συγκεκλήρωσαι πράγμασι, τούτοις — The noun `πράγμασι`, which acts as the antecedent, is incorporated into the relative clause `Οἷς ... πράγμασι`. The demonstrative `τούτοις` in the main clause (governed by `συνάρμοζε`) points back to it. The verb `συγκεκλήρωσαι` (perfect passive of `συγκληρόω`) means 'to be allotted along with' or 'to be assigned by fate'.
  2. §6.39.1οἷς συνείληχας ἀνθρώποις — Similar to the preceding clause, the noun `ἀνθρώποις` is incorporated into the relative clause. The verb `συνείληχας` (perfect active of `συλλαγχάνω`) means 'to obtain by lot along with', implying 'the people with whom one is destined to live'. The dative `οἷς` is governed by the prefix `συν-` in the verb.

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §6.39.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.39.1

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