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Death is close. Are you simple yet? Calm? Kind to all?

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.37

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"Death is close. Are you simple yet? Calm? Kind to all?" Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 4.37. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"Ἤδη τεθνήξῃ καὶ οὔπω οὔτε ἁπλοῦς οὔτε ἀτάραχος ... οὔτε ἵλεως πρὸς πάντας"

Original Greek, Meditations 4.37. Greek: Leopold 1908 (Teubner) via Perseus.

Who said it

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.

Questions

Who said "Death is close. Are you simple yet? Calm? Kind to all?"?
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 4.37.
What is the original Greek?
Ἤδη τεθνήξῃ καὶ οὔπω οὔτε ἁπλοῦς οὔτε ἀτάραχος ... οὔτε ἵλεως πρὸς πάντας. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

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