More specifically concerning: marcus aurelius
greenery
14 March 2022, around 7.24.
Τὰ μὲν σπεύδει γίνεσθαι, τὰ δὲ σπεύδει γεγονέναι, καὶ τοῦ γινομένου δὲ ἤδη τι ἀπέσβη: ῥύσεις καὶ ἀλλοιώσεις ἀνανεοῦσι τὸν κόσμον διηνεκῶς, ὥσπερ τὸν ἄπειρον αἰῶνα ἡ τοῦ χρόνου ἀδιάλειπτος φορὰ νέον ἀεὶ παρέχεται. ἐν δὴ τούτῳ τῷ ποταμῷ τί ἄν τις τούτων τῶν παραθεόντων ἐκτιμήσειεν, ἐφ’ οὗ στῆναι οὐκ ἔξεστιν; ὥσπερ εἴ τίς τι […]
Adversaria (16)
31 July 2024, around 4.21.
‘Divination had been practised for centuries. Everyone knew that one thing rather than another was to happen to him. He might not be very rational about it’ —George Boas (introduction to The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, p. 13) ‘Although every written work is a monologue, the philosophical work is always implicitly a dialogue. The dimension of […]