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Marcus Aurelius: Those which relate to good and bad: the belief that there is nothing good for man which does not make him just…

On the recordJanuary 1, 175
Those which relate to good and bad: the belief that there is nothing good for man which does not make him just, temperate, manly, free; and that there is nothing bad which does not do the contrary to what has been mentioned.
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Marcus Aurelius defines good and bad for humanity through the lens of virtues, asserting that true good fosters justice, temperance, manliness, and freedom.

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