On the recordJanuary 1, 175
For the movement towards injustice and intemperance and to anger and grief and fear is nothing else than the act of one who deviates from nature.
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Marcus Aurelius
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gutenberg.orgMarcus Aurelius: “For the movement towards injustice and intemperance and to anger and grief and fear is nothing else than the act of one…”
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From his personal reflections, defining injustice, intemperance, anger, grief, and fear as departures from one's natural state.
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