§9.17.1Τῷ ἀναρριφέντι λίθῳ οὐδὲν κακὸν τὸ κατενεχθῆναι οὐδὲ ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἀνενεχθῆναι.
For the stone that has been thrown upward, it is no evil to fall down, nor is it a good to be carried upward.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations §9.17.1
The Absence of Good or Evil in a Thrown Stone's Motion
Summary
Using the example of a stone thrown upward, it states that neither falling nor rising is an evil or a good for the stone itself.
Notes
- §9.17.1Τῷ ἀναρριφέντι λίθῳ — Dative of reference (or interest), indicating the subject affected by, or in relation to whom, the substantive infinitives are evaluated as good or evil.
- §9.17.1τὸ κατενεχθῆναι ... τὸ ἀνενεχθῆναι — Articular infinitives functioning as the subjects of the omitted copula ἐστί.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations §9.17.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:9.17.1
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