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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §7.8.1

Facing the Future with the Same Present Reason

Passage 204 of 486 · Greek

Summary

The author counsels not to be disturbed by the future, as one will face it with the same reason currently used for present matters if necessary.

§7.8.1Τὰ μέλλοντα μὴ ταρασσέτω· ἥξεις γὰρ ἐπ’ αὐτά, ἐὰν δεήσῃ, φέρων τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον ᾧ νῦν πρὸς τὰ παρόντα χρᾷ.
Let not future things disturb you; for you will come to them, if it should be necessary, carrying the same reason which you now use for present things.

Notes

  1. 7.8.1ταρασσέτω — Third-person singular present imperative active. The subject is the neuter plural Τὰ μέλλοντα (future things), agreeing with the classical Greek rule where a neuter plural subject takes a singular verb. The direct object 'you' (σε in the accusative) is contextually omitted.
  2. 7.8.1 — Dative masculine singular of the relative pronoun ὅς. Its antecedent is τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον (the same reason), and it stands in the dative case because the verb in the relative clause, χρᾷ (second-person singular present of χράομαι, 'to use'), governs the dative.

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §7.8.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:7.8.1

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