{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_03_xii: What is this, that now my", "count": 20, "results": [{"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_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_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. If reason is general, then is that reason also, which prescribet"}, {"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_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_76a83049dde8", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xli: 'In my sickness' (saith Epicurus of himself:) 'my discourses were not concern...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "'In my sickness' (saith Epicurus of himself:) 'my discourses were not concerning the nature of my disease, neither was that, to them that came to visit me, the subject of my talk; but in the considera"}, {"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_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_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_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_982b9ffe05f0", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_xv: Not vegetative spiration, it is not surely (which plants have) that in this l...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Not vegetative spiration, it is not surely (which plants have) that in this life should be so dear unto us; nor sensitive respiration, the proper life of beasts, both tame and wild; nor this our imagi"}, {"id": "card_c_5c425428a60b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_v: Is  → Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xii: H", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in aurelius_meditations."}, {"id": "card_c_86b1bfa22c73", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xii: H → Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_v: Is ", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in aurelius_meditations."}, {"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_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_3d0afd9757a7", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_ii: What fear is there that thy dogmata, or philosophical resolutions and conclus...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What fear is there that thy dogmata, or philosophical resolutions and conclusions, should become dead in thee, and lose their proper power and efficacy to make thee live happy, as long as those proper"}, {"id": "card_n_a14f3e8fa698", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xii: At the conceit and apprehension that such and such a one hath sinned, thus re...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "At the conceit and apprehension that such and such a one hath sinned, thus reason with thyself; What do I know whether this be a sin indeed, as it seems to be? But if it be, what do I know but that he"}, {"id": "card_n_19f7ca0e558b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_xxix: If this neither be my wicked act, nor an act anyways depending from any wicke...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If this neither be my wicked act, nor an act anyways depending from any wickedness of mine, and that by it the public is not hurt; what doth it concern me? And wherein can the public be hurt? For thou"}, {"id": "card_n_9d11f44229d4", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_09_001: O Lord, I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid: Thou...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord, I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid: Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of praise. Let my heart and my tongue praise Thee; yea,"}, {"id": "card_n_ae01de9e0373", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xxxvi: There is not any man that is so happy in his death, but that some of those th...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There is not any man that is so happy in his death, but that some of those that are by him when he dies, will be ready to rejoice at his supposed calamity. Is it one that was virtuous and wise indeed?"}]}