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“Every man's happiness depends from himself, but behold thy life is almost at an end, whiles affording thyself no respect, thou dost make thy happiness to consist in the souls, and conceits of other men.
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From Book II (Casaubon translation) of Meditations. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.
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Source: Meditations , Book II (Casaubon translation)
Edition: Casaubon translation · Translated by Meric Casaubon
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