§6.56.1Πόσοι, μεθ’ ὧν εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ἤδη ἀπεληλύθασιν.
How many of those, with whom I entered into the world, have already departed!
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §6.56.1
Reflections on Contemporaries Who Have Already Departed
Summary
The author reflects on how many of those with whom he entered the world have already departed from it.
Notes
- §6.56.1εἰσῆλθον — This verb form can be interpreted either as the 1st person singular ('I entered') or the 3rd person plural ('they entered') of the aorist indicative active. In this context, where the author reflects on those who lived in his own time and have already passed away, it is most natural to understand it as the 1st person singular ('with whom I entered the world').
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §6.56.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.56.1
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