Sunday, June 11, 2017
Advice I'm Unlikely to Follow
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.2.2 (tr. C.R. Haines):
Albert Anker (1831-1910), Sitzender Bauer beim Lesen
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Away with thy books! Be no longer drawn aside by them: it is not allowed.Id., 2.3.3:
ἄφες τὰ βιβλία· μηκέτι σπῶ· οὐ δέδοται.
But away with thy thirst for books, that thou mayest die not murmuring but with a good grace, truly and from thy heart grateful to the Gods.
τὴν δὲ τῶν βιβλίων δίψαν ῥῖψον, ἵνα μὴ γογγύζων ἀποθάνῃς, ἀλλὰ ἵλεως, ἀληθῶς, καὶ ἀπὸ καρδίας εὐχάριστος τοῖς θεοῖς.
