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Marcus Aurelius On Getting Down To Business

Marcus Aurelius On Getting Down To Business

Obvious State Marcus Aurelius Illustration Meditations Evan Robertson

"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." - Marcus Aurelius

In Meditations, Aurelius distills the central pillars and tenets of stoic philosophy. Although it was essentially a journal and never intended for a general readership, it has become one of the most widely read philosophical works in the world. 

In our illustration, the voluminous text of Meditations spills out of an open book, forming a river of overwhelming concepts. A rider crosses the river over a bridge engraved with pictorgrams representing the four pillars of stoicism (Courage, Justice, Temperance and Wisdom) as well as three central stoic concepts: Memento Mori ("Remember Mortality"), Amor Fati ("Love Fate"), and the Inner Citadel.

Marcus Aurelius Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

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