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“In the morning when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise, consider with thyself presently, it is to go about a man's work that I am stirred up.
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What does this quotation mean?
Marcus frames the morning as a return to the responsibilities of human life in Casaubon’s translation.
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Source: Meditations , Book V
Edition: Casaubon translation · Translated by Meric Casaubon
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