The strongest evidence connected to your question suggests the following: 1. NOTES 165 For the post mortem alternatives…

The strongest evidence connected to your question suggests the following: 1. NOTES 165 For the post mortem alternatives see note on 3.3. 'Taken up into the . . . generative principles of the universe' (also in 4.14, 4.ZI.1) reflects the Stoic view, 'dispersed into atoms' the Epi- curean: see note on 4.3.x. 6.z6 A puzzling chapter, curiously expressed. There seems a fusion of several ideas: the importance of method and planned sequence in the completion of any proposed act of duty (cf. the reference to an 'accurate assessment of the gradations of duty' in 3.1), the need for patience and tole… 2. 188 NOTES reference in the Meditations, and the vigour of his expression (e.g. 11.15: 'It should be written on your forehead, immediately clear in the tone of your voice and the light of your eyes . . . ' ; 3.12: 'a heroic truthfulness in all that you say and mean'), it is clear that Marcus had a passionate, and perhaps unfashionable, love of truth and regarded truthfulness/honesty as one of the defining virtues of the good man (see, for example, 3.6.1,4.49.2, 10.8, 11.1.3, 12.15). When Marcus was seventeen, the em… 3. 148 NOTES (a combination of 'By their fruits ye shall know them' and 'Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?') is nevertheless prominent in the Meditations: see in particular 5.17, 5.2.8, 7.71, 8.14-15, 9.42.3-4, 10.30, 11.18.2., 11.18.11, 12.16. The same fig-tree analogy is used again in 12.16 (and similar in 8.15): see also 10.8.4, XI-33- Fig-juice was used as rennet, to curdle milk. 4.7 Remove the judgement: For this doctrine, frequently rehearsed in the Meditations, that hurt or harm (including ph… 4. NOTES 167 in his austere view of pleasure and its heightened categorization as 'passion of the flesh': see further note on 8.10. 6.35 See note on 5.8.Z for Marcus' fondness for analogy or contrast with trades and crafts. It is clear that Marcus respected and admired the professionalism and dedication of the skilled craftsman. 6.36 Familiar themes of global insignificance and evanescence in the context of the infinite: compare especially 3.10 and note. Mount Athos is the easternmost promontory of the triple- pronged… This is an evidence-first extractive response. The next Codex stage will synthesize these passages into a deeper interpretive answer while retaining the same citations.