Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Roman Emperor
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Rome,_Italy
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| gptkbp:born |
April 26, 121 AD
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| gptkbp:characterTraits |
Justice
Courage Wisdom Temperance |
| gptkbp:children |
Commodus
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| gptkbp:contemporary |
gptkb:Lucius_Verus
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| gptkbp:contribution |
Stoic philosophy
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| gptkbp:deathPlace |
Vindobona, Pannonia
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| gptkbp:died |
March 17, 180 AD
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| gptkbp:era |
gptkb:Roman_Empire
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| gptkbp:famousQuote |
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
The mind is everything. What you think you become. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop. He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. You are a little soul carrying around a corpse. Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that. The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself. Do not be ashamed to be helped. Our life is what our thoughts make it. The act of dying is one of the acts of life. The only thing that is truly yours is your mind. The universe is transformation; life is opinion. What we do now echoes in eternity. You have to keep yourself in check. The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. Life is neither good nor evil, but only a place for good and evil. If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it. |
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus
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| gptkbp:governs |
gptkb:Syria
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| gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
2nd century AD
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Marcus Aurelius
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| gptkbp:influence |
Western philosophy
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| gptkbp:knownFor |
Philosophical writings
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| gptkbp:mentor |
gptkb:Junius_Rusticus
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| gptkbp:militaryRank |
Marcomannic Wars
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| gptkbp:notableWork |
Meditations
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| gptkbp:philosophy |
gptkb:Stoicism
Ideal |
| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Antoninus_Pius
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| gptkbp:reignEnd |
180 AD
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| gptkbp:reignStart |
161 AD
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| gptkbp:religion |
gptkb:Paganism
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| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Faustina_the_Younger
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| gptkbp:successor |
Commodus
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| gptkbp:title |
gptkb:Emperor_of_Rome
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