{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_xi: What is the use that now a", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f9906b75aae0", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_xi: What is the use that now at this present I make of my soul?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What is the use that now at this present I make of my soul? Thus from time to time and upon all occasions thou must put this question to thyself; what is now that part of mine which they call the rati"}, {"id": "card_n_7e7900821c44", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_li: He that knoweth not what the world is, knoweth not where he himself is.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He that knoweth not what the world is, knoweth not where he himself is. And he that knoweth not what the world was made for, cannot possibly know either what are the qualities, or what is the nature o"}, {"id": "card_n_c595fef82737", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_03_iv: Spend not the remnant of thy days in thoughts and fancies concerning other me...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Spend not the remnant of thy days in thoughts and fancies concerning other men, when it is not in relation to some common good, when by it thou art hindered from some other better work. That is, spend"}, {"id": "card_n_03faa6ae44bf", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xix: Cast away from thee opinion, and thou art safe.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cast away from thee opinion, and thou art safe. And what is it that hinders thee from casting of it away? When thou art grieved at anything, hast thou forgotten that all things happen according to the"}, {"id": "card_n_26a8917f0d9e", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_03_xii: What is this, that now my fancy is set upon?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What is this, that now my fancy is set upon? of what things doth it consist? how long can it last? which of all the virtues is the proper virtue for this present use? as whether meekness, fortitude, t"}, {"id": "card_n_58913aca9d7d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_xvi: He who is greedy of credit and reputation after his death, doth not consider,...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He who is greedy of credit and reputation after his death, doth not consider, that they themselves by whom he is remembered, shall soon after every one of them be dead; and they likewise that succeed "}, {"id": "card_n_9833bb6df123", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xiii: What use is there of suspicion at all?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What use is there of suspicion at all? or, why should thoughts of mistrust, and suspicion concerning that which is future, trouble thy mind at all? What now is to be done, if thou mayest search and in"}, {"id": "card_n_f5a60add9b3d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xi: Of things that are external, happen what will to that which can suffer by ext...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of things that are external, happen what will to that which can suffer by external accidents. Those things that suffer let them complain themselves, if they will; as for me, as long as I conceive no s"}, {"id": "card_n_f5aba15934d9", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xxx: Look not about upon other men's minds and understandings; but look right on f...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Look not about upon other men's minds and understandings; but look right on forwards whither nature, both that of the universe, in those things that happen unto thee; and thine in particular, in those"}, {"id": "card_n_f798a6cbec5d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_02_vi: These things thou must always have in mind: What is the nature of the univers...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "These things thou must always have in mind: What is the nature of the universe, and what is mine--in particular: This unto that what relation it hath: what kind of part, of what kind of universe it is"}, {"id": "card_n_32c01ea5fa4d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_x: This, what is it in itself, and by itself, according to its proper constitution?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This, what is it in itself, and by itself, according to its proper constitution? What is the substance of it? What is the matter, or proper use? What is the form or efficient cause? What is it for in "}, {"id": "card_n_e22d2aa57c61", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_02_xii: If thou shouldst live three thousand, or as many as ten thousands of years, y...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If thou shouldst live three thousand, or as many as ten thousands of years, yet remember this, that man can part with no life properly, save with that little part of life, which he now lives: and that"}, {"id": "card_c_c31c5071dfdd", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xi: Ei → Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_i: The", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in aurelius_meditations."}, {"id": "card_c_d69bef411468", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_i: The → Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xi: Ei", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in aurelius_meditations."}, {"id": "card_n_30bf94c61874", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_i: He that is unjust, is also impious.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He that is unjust, is also impious. For the nature of the universe, having made all reasonable creatures one for another, to the end that they should do one another good; more or less according to the"}, {"id": "card_n_70303fecaefc", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_xii: Will any contemn me?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Will any contemn me? let him look to that, upon what grounds he does it: my care shall be that I may never be found either doing or speaking anything that doth truly deserve contempt. Will any hate me"}, {"id": "card_n_6fa24af7d2e1", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_xviii: Honour that which is chiefest and most powerful in the world, and that is it,...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Honour that which is chiefest and most powerful in the world, and that is it, which makes use of all things, and governs all things. So also in thyself; honour that which is chiefest, and most powerfu"}, {"id": "card_n_7146e5459b69", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xxxi: As one who had lived, and were now to die by right, whatsoever is yet remaini...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As one who had lived, and were now to die by right, whatsoever is yet remaining, bestow that wholly as a gracious overplus upon a virtuous life. Love and affect that only, whatsoever it be that happen"}, {"id": "card_n_a6ba31737818", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xxxviii: Remember, that that which sets a man at work, and hath power over the affecti...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Remember, that that which sets a man at work, and hath power over the affections to draw them either one way, or the other way, is not any external thing properly, but that which is hidden within ever"}, {"id": "card_n_cdd8c726c6f4", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_03_x: Use thine opinative faculty with all honour and respect, for in her indeed is...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Use thine opinative faculty with all honour and respect, for in her indeed is all: that thy opinion do not beget in thy understanding anything contrary to either nature, or the proper constitution of "}]}