§7.42.1Τὸ γὰρ εὖ μετ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ τὸ δίκαιον.
For the good and the just are with me.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §7.42.1
The Assurance that the Good and Just Are with Oneself
Summary
A brief passage asserting that the good and the just are on the author's side.
Notes
- 7.42.1Τὸ γὰρ εὖ μετ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ τὸ δίκαιον. — A sentence structure with the copula verb (ἐστί or εἰσί) omitted. The adverb εὖ is nominalized by the definite article τὸ to mean 'the good' or 'well-being', and along with the nominalized adjective τὸ δίκαιον ('the just'), it functions as the subject.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §7.42.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.42.1
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