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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §6.9.1

All Things Accomplished by the Nature of the Whole

Passage 146 of 486 · Greek

Summary

This section explains that all things are accomplished in accordance with the single nature of the whole, rather than any other nature existing outside, inside, or detached.

§6.9.1Κατὰ τὴν τῶν ὅλων φύσιν ἕκαστα περαίνεται· οὐ γὰρ κατ’ ἄλλην γέ τινα φύσιν ἤτοι ἔξωθεν περιέχουσαν ἢ ἐμπεριεχομένην ἔνδον ἢ ἔξω ἀπηρτημένην.
Each thing is accomplished in accordance with the nature of the whole; for it is not in accordance with any other nature, whether encompassing it from without, or contained within, or detached outside.

Notes

  1. §6.9.1ἕκαστα περαίνεται — A standard Classical Greek construction where the neuter plural subject ἕκαστα takes the singular verb περαίνεται. The verb is the present passive of περαίνω (to limit, bring to an end, accomplish), meaning 'each thing is accomplished/brought to fulfillment'.
  2. §6.9.1οὐ γὰρ κατ’ ἄλλην γέ τινα φύσιν — In the second clause starting with οὐ γάρ, the verb from the preceding clause (περαίνεται or a similar expression) is omitted. The structure implies: 'for [each thing is] not [accomplished] in accordance with any other nature'.

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §6.9.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.9.1

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