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[–]kerbstomper 6 points7 points ago

This quote is not from Marcus Aurelius. Stop reposting.

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[–]Arcnsparc 1 point2 points ago

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[–]md619 3 points4 points ago

Great quote, but I believe it is falsely attributed to Marcus Aurelius.

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[–]AFF17 1 point2 points ago

This quote is not only a misattribution but it entirely distorts Aurelius' own beliefs.

Here is an actual quote from Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but indeed if they do exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But IN TRUTH THEY DO EXIST, and they do care for human things, and they have put all the means in man's power to enable him not to fall into real evils. (Capitalisations my own)

[–]bfunk007 0 points1 point ago

As an agnostic that "dabbles" in atheism, this is a great quote. Thank you.

[–]Redsetter 0 points1 point ago

You may want to check the provenance however.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago*

Isaiah 64:6

But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

Romans 3:10-12

as it is written: "There is none righteous, no not one;

there is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God."

"They are all gone out of the way, they have together become unprofitable, there is none that does good, no, not one."

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,

not of works, lest anyone should boast.