{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xiii: What use is there of sus", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_9833bb6df123", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xiii: What use is there of suspicion at all?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What use is there of suspicion at all? or, why should thoughts of mistrust, and suspicion concerning that which is future, trouble thy mind at all? What now is to be done, if thou mayest search and in"}, {"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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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; "}, {"id": "card_n_474ba09453b7", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_xlii: It is but an ordinary coarse one, yet it is a good effectual remedy against t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "It is but an ordinary coarse one, yet it is a good effectual remedy against the fear of death, for a man to consider in his mind the examples of such, who greedily and covetously (as it were) did for "}, {"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_adbe43d3a6d9", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_vii: Of all unreasonable creatures, there is but one unreasonable soul; and of all...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of all unreasonable creatures, there is but one unreasonable soul; and of all that are reasonable, but one reasonable soul, divided betwixt them all. As of all earthly things there is but one earth, a"}, {"id": "card_n_4ffad89036ff", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_vi: Let these be the objects of thy ordinary meditation: to consider, what manner...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Let these be the objects of thy ordinary meditation: to consider, what manner of men both for soul and body we ought to be, whensoever death shall surprise us: the shortness of this our mortal life: t"}, {"id": "card_n_51a06cb8369b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_xiv: How rotten and insincere is he, that saith, I am resolved to carry myself her...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "How rotten and insincere is he, that saith, I am resolved to carry myself hereafter towards you with all ingenuity and simplicity. O man, what doest thou mean! what needs this profession of thine? the"}, {"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_30088c59ad6d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xxiii: There is but one light of the sun, though it be intercepted by walls and moun...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There is but one light of the sun, though it be intercepted by walls and mountains, and other thousand objects. There is but one common substance of the whole world, though it be concluded and restrai"}, {"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_5e137e5a1acd", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xxv: What a small portion of vast and infinite eternity it is, that is allowed unt...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What a small portion of vast and infinite eternity it is, that is allowed unto every one of us, and how soon it vanisheth into the general age of the world: of the common substance, and of the common "}, {"id": "card_n_9ab5044dbde7", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_02_xiii: Remember that all is but opinion and conceit, for those things are plain and ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Remember that all is but opinion and conceit, for those things are plain and apparent, which were spoken unto Monimus the Cynic; and as plain and apparent is the use that may be made of those things, "}, {"id": "card_n_180bd755dd3c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_xxv: There is, who without so much as a coat; and there is, who without so much as...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There is, who without so much as a coat; and there is, who without so much as a book, doth put philosophy in practice. I am half naked, neither have I bread to eat, and yet I depart not from reason, s"}]}