What need of prompt or hint when it is open to yourself to discern what needs to be done - and, if you can see your way, to follow it with kind but undeviating intent. If you cannot see the way, hold back and consult your best advisors. if some other factors obstruct this advice, proceed on your present resources, but with cautious deliberations, keeping always to what seems just. Justice is the best aim, as any failure is in fact a failure of justice.A man following reason in all things combines relaxation with initiative, spark with composure.
Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. A member of the Nerva, Antonine dynasty, he was the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145 and 161.
He was the son of the praetor Marcus Annius Verus and Domitia Calvilla, and was related by marriage to the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. His father died when he was three, and he was raised by his mother and paternal grandfather. After Hadrian named Antoninus Pius as his heir, Antoninus in turn adopted Marcus, who became heir to the throne when Antoninus became emperor in 138. His Meditations is his most quoted work in our library.
He was the son of the praetor Marcus Annius Verus and Domitia Calvilla, and was related by marriage to the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. His father died when he was three, and he was raised by his mother and paternal grandfather. After Hadrian named Antoninus Pius as his heir, Antoninus in turn adopted Marcus, who became heir to the throne when Antoninus became emperor in 138. His Meditations is his most quoted work in our library.