§6.5.1Ὁ διοικῶν λόγος οἶδε πῶς διακείμενος καὶ τί ποιεῖ καὶ ἐπὶ τίνος ὕλης.
The governing reason knows how it is disposed, and what it does, and upon what material.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §6.5.1
The Ruling Reason and Awareness of Its Actions
Summary
States that the governing reason knows its own state, what it does, and upon what material it acts.
Notes
- §6.5.1πῶς διακείμενος — The nominative participle διακείμενος accompanied by the interrogative adverb πῶς describes the state of the subject (ὁ διοικῶν λόγος), functioning as an indirect question depending on οἶδε ("knows in what state he is disposed").
- §6.5.1ἐπὶ τίνος ὕλης — The prepositional phrase ἐπὶ with the genitive indicates the material upon or with which the action (ποιεῖ, understood from the preceding clause) is performed.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §6.5.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.5.1
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