{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xliv: Is this then a thing of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_dcb683c7e06f", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xliv: Is this then a thing of that worth, that for it my soul should suffer, and be...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is this then a thing of that worth, that for it my soul should suffer, and become worse than it was? as either basely dejected, or disordinately affected, or confounded within itself, or terrified? Wh"}, {"id": "card_n_ef62dbeaf533", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xix: Of an operation and of a purpose there is an ending, or of an action and of a...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of an operation and of a purpose there is an ending, or of an action and of a purpose we say commonly, that it is at an end: from opinion also there is an absolute cessation, which is as it were the d"}, {"id": "card_n_d0bd5a148095", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_xli: Oh, wretched I, to whom this mischance is happened!", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Oh, wretched I, to whom this mischance is happened! nay, happy I, to whom this thing being happened, I can continue without grief; neither wounded by that which is present, nor in fear of that which i"}, {"id": "card_n_5c4c6e729a7c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_xi: How marvellous useful it is for a man to represent unto himself meats, and al...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "How marvellous useful it is for a man to represent unto himself meats, and all such things that are for the mouth, under a right apprehension and imagination! as for example: This is the carcass of a "}, {"id": "card_n_cac9863fdd9d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_iv: If to understand and to be reasonable be common unto all men, then is that re...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If to understand and to be reasonable be common unto all men, then is that reason, for which we are termed reasonable, common unto all. 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Now since that time, whatsoever it is, tha"}, {"id": "card_n_3ba677a48bac", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xxxv: Will this querulousness, this murmuring, this complaining and dissembling nev...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Will this querulousness, this murmuring, this complaining and dissembling never be at an end? What then is it, that troubleth thee? Doth any new thing happen unto thee? What doest thou so wonder at? 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Neither can he that is the author of that operation; for this very respect, because h"}, {"id": "card_n_bdcd572f8096", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xvii: The nature of the universe, of the common substance of all things as it were ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The nature of the universe, of the common substance of all things as it were of so much wax hath now perchance formed a horse; and then, destroying that figure, hath new tempered and fashioned the mat"}, {"id": "card_n_8c2a116a6cdb", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xxiv: Lucilla buried Verus; then was Lucilla herself buried by others.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lucilla buried Verus; then was Lucilla herself buried by others. So Secunda Maximus, then Secunda herself. So Epitynchanus, Diotimus; then Epitynchanus himself. So Antoninus Pius, Faustina his wife; t"}, {"id": "card_n_98aabc636e9b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_12_016: This then is what I conceive, O my God, when I hear Thy Scripture saying, In ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "This then is what I conceive, O my God, when I hear Thy Scripture saying, In the beginning God made Heaven and Earth: and the Earth was invisible and without form, and darkness was upon the deep, and "}, {"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_ab7ed12b9145", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xxxiv: Let not the general representation unto thyself of the wretchedness of this o...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Let not the general representation unto thyself of the wretchedness of this our mortal life, trouble thee. Let not thy mind wander up and down, and heap together in her thoughts the many troubles and "}, {"id": "card_n_00009b9cca7d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xxiii: Out of Plato.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Out of Plato. 'He then whose mind is endowed with true magnanimity, who hath accustomed himself to the contemplation both of all times, and of all things in general; can this mortal life (thinkest tho"}, {"id": "card_n_f5b06e4d5461", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_xxxi: 'Of the free will there is no thief or robber:' out of Epictetus; Whose is th...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "'Of the free will there is no thief or robber:' out of Epictetus; Whose is this also: that we should find a certain art and method of assenting; and that we should always observe with great care and h"}, {"id": "card_n_9499698a432b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xvi: Through the substance of the universe, as through a torrent pass all particul...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Through the substance of the universe, as through a torrent pass all particular bodies, being all of the same nature, and all joint workers with the universe itself as in one of our bodies so many mem"}, {"id": "card_n_54aba1d3c8cb", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_vi: Either with Epicurus, we must fondly imagine the atoms to be the cause of all...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Either with Epicurus, we must fondly imagine the atoms to be the cause of all things, or we must needs grant a nature. Let this then be thy first ground, that thou art part of that universe, which is "}, {"id": "card_n_d8bd8f1d0487", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_xvi: Of everything thou must consider from whence it came, of what things it doth ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of everything thou must consider from whence it came, of what things it doth consist, and into what it will be changed: what will be the nature of it, or what it will be like unto when it is changed; "}]}