Meditations, Book 11 요약

줄거리

1. The speaker describes the rational soul as self-directing, capable of completeness, and naturally committed to justice.
2. He recommends breaking powerful attractions into parts and meeting death with calm judgment rather than passionate defiance.
3. Reflections on drama, severed branches, and hostile neighbors connect philosophical practice with social responsibility.
4. He locates disturbance in personal judgments and offers detailed reasons for answering wrongdoing with patience and kindness.
5. He urges vigilance over mental impulses, obedience to nature, and a stable purpose directed toward communal benefit.
6. Short examples and sayings close the discussion with lessons about simplicity, mortality, free choice, and the need to cultivate reason.

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