Can you maybe explain what the following quote from Marcus Aurelius exactly means?
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February 7th, 2020
“The object of life is not to be
on the side of the majority,
but to escape finding oneself in
the ranks of the insane.”
Is it possible to make it more simple?
I get the two separate statements, but have difficulty with their meaning as a comparison (which I believe it is intended).
Thanks in advance!
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“Think Different” – some ancient apple commercial.
He is saying the majority can go crazy. (Trump might be re-elected)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
(The Road Not Taken-Robert Frost)
Although apparently it’s not from Aurelius, i think what is meant is be an original thinker, don’t follow the majority, but don’t divorce yourself so much from reality that you become insane.
Think for yourself…independent of others…don’t become part of the sheep’s flock where the blind leads the blind!!! As Lindsey Buckingham wrote & Fleetwood Mac sang Go Your Own Way
I really liked Gladiator!
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