§8.33.1Ἀτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.
Receive without pride, let go without attachment.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §8.33.1
Accepting Fortune without Pride and Letting It Go
Summary
It exhorts one to accept external fortune without pride and to let it go readily without any attachment.
Notes
- §8.33.1λαβεῖν... ἀφεῖναι — The infinitives λαβεῖν (aorist active of λαμβάνω) and ἀφεῖναι (aorist active of ἀφίημι) are used as independent infinitives with imperative force (imperative infinitive), with an implied second-person singular subject.
- §8.33.1Ἀτύφως... εὐλύτως — The former is an adverb with a privative prefix from τύφος (vanity, pride), meaning 'unassumingly' or 'without pride'. The latter is an adverb from εὔλυτος (easily loosed, free), meaning 'readily' or 'without clinging'. Together they describe contrasting yet complementary attitudes toward external fortune.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §8.33.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:8.33.1
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