The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742

Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180
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THE MEDITATIONS OF THE EMPEROR MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS A NEW RENDERING BASED ON THE FOULIS TRANSLATION OF 1742 BY GEORGE W. CHRYSTAL WARNER EXHIBITIONER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD EDINBURGH OTTO SCHULZE & COMPANY 20 SOUTH FREDERIC STREET LONDON: S. C. BROWN & COMPANY 47 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, W.C. 1902 MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS BOOK I. 1. I learned from my grandfather, Verus, to use good manners, and to put restraint on anger. 2. In the famous memory of my father I had a pattern of modesty and manliness. 3. Of my mother I learned to be pious and generous; to keep myself not only from evil deeds, but even from evil thoughts; and to live with a simplicity which is far from customary among the…

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