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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to Himself - College of Stoic Philosophers

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BOOK X<br />

ASPICE RESPICE PROSPICE<br />

1 WILT thou one day, O my soul, be good and<br />

simple, all one, all naked, clearer <strong>to</strong> sight than<br />

this thy material shell ? Wilt thou taste one day<br />

<strong>of</strong> fond and satisfied contentment? Wilt thou<br />

one day be full and without lack, craving naught<br />

and coveting naught, neither things with breath<br />

nor things without, for indulgence <strong>of</strong> self-pleasing ?<br />

neither time, for prolongation <strong>of</strong> enjoyment ? nor<br />

region place or clime, nor sweet society <strong>of</strong> fellowmen<br />

? Wilt thou be content with thine actual<br />

estate ? happy in all thou hast ? convinced that all<br />

things are thine, that all is well with thee, that all<br />

comes from the gods, that all must be well which<br />

is their good pleasure, and which they bring <strong>to</strong><br />

pass for the salvation <strong>of</strong> the living whole, good<br />

just and beautiful, from which all things have

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