Marcus Aurelius: Meditations Book 2:2 The Mind guides the Body.

Not the other way around.

Luke J Barnett

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May 8, 2022

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Book 2:2

Whatever this is that I am, it is flesh and a little spirit and an intelligence. Throw away your books; stop letting yourself be distracted. That is not allowed. Instead, as if you were dying right now, despise your flesh. A mess of blood, pieces of bone, a woven tangle of…