M. Aur. Med. 12.14

Meditations 12.14

Author
Marcus Aurelius
Translator
George Long

Meditations

12.14

Marcus Aurelius

translated by George Long

14Either there is a fatal necessity and invincible order, or a kind providence, or a confusion without a purpose and without a director. If then there is an invincible necessity, why dost thou resist? But if there is a providence which allows itself to be propitiated, make thyself worthy of the help of the divinity. But if there is a confusion without a governor, be content that in such a tempest thou hast in thyself a certain ruling intelligence. And even if the tempest carry thee away, let it carry away the poor flesh, the breath, everything else; for the intelligence at least it will not carry away.