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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §7.28.1

Retreating into Oneself and the Self-Sufficiency of Reason

Passage 224 of 486 · Greek

Summary

An exhortation to withdraw into oneself, and a description of the nature of the rational ruling center, which finds self-sufficiency when acting justly and maintaining serenity.

§7.28.1Εἰς σαυτὸν συνειλοῦ·
Withdraw into yourself.
φύσιν ἔχει τὸ λογικὸν ἡγεμονικὸν ἑαυτῷ ἀρκεῖσθαι δικαιοπραγοῦντι καὶ παρ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο γαλήνην ἔχοντι.
It is the nature of the rational ruling center to be satisfied with itself when acting justly and, by this very fact, possessing serenity.

Notes

  1. §7.28.1δικαιοπραγοῦντι καὶ παρ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο γαλήνην ἔχοντι — These participles are masculine singular dative, agreeing not with the neuter noun phrase τὸ λογικὸν ἡγεμονικὸν (the semantic subject of the infinitive ἀρκεῖσθαι) but with the dative reflexive pronoun ἑαυτῷ (or agreeing ad sensum with the rational ruling center conceptualized as a masculine personal agent).

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §7.28.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.28.1

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