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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §7.43.1

Not Lamenting with Others and Not Being Agitated

Passage 239 of 486 · Greek

Summary

A brief exhortation not to join others in lamentation or to become emotionally agitated.

§7.43.1Μὴ συνεπιθρηνεῖν, μὴ σφύζειν.
Not to join in lamentation, not to be agitated.

Notes

  1. 7.43.1Μὴ συνεπιθρηνεῖν, μὴ σφύζειν — The present infinitives (συνεπιθρηνεῖν and σφύζειν) accompanied by the negative particle μὴ are employed as imperative infinitives to express a direct prohibition.
  2. 7.43.1σφύζειν — The verb σφύζω literally means "to throb" or "to have a rapid pulse," and is used here metaphorically to denote emotional agitation or inner turmoil.

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §7.43.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.43.1

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