Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
logos
Telos, the final purpose, end of something
studying of the actual ruler in CC
extend the ideas beyond the people of Polis
irrationality of man
Is Marcus Aurelius’ perspective skewed because of his position as the emperor?
On space and time: it seems completely impossible to live in the moment. Both democrats/liberals & conservatives/republicans today are citing things constantly from the past. I am citing from the past when I argue with my parents/friends/etc
Truth and reconciliation, for example, is an invocation of the past, and an attempt to not forget and to make amends.
The ruling of Roe v. Wade is a reversal of the past as well, but for a much different purpose.
If we truly lived in the moment, in the framework of today’s American society, there would be things that both sides of the aisle would like and dislike. Regardless, it would be next to impossible to shift our thinking of the passage of time.