Sammendrag av Meditations på Book 2

Hva skjer

1. The speaker reminds himself that time is limited and urges serious, just action without distraction or dependence on approval.
2. He stresses self-examination and agrees with Theophrastus that wrongdoing for pleasure deserves greater blame than wrongdoing through anger.
3. He argues that death and external circumstances do not determine moral worth, while vice remains something people can avoid.
4. He urges service to the inner spirit, respect for the gods, and love or compassion toward other people.
5. He argues that everyone possesses only the present and identifies resentment, hostility, dishonesty, and aimlessness as injuries to the soul.
6. He concludes that philosophy guides honest conduct, acceptance of events, and calm readiness for the body's natural dissolution.

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