Meditations, 8.56

Marcus Aurelius  translated by George Long

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56To my own free will the free will of my neighbour is just as indifferent as his breath and his flesh. For though we are made especially for the sake of one another, still the ruling power of each of us has its own office, for otherwise my neighbour’s wickedness would be my harm, which god has not willed in order that my unhappiness may not depend on another.

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