Skip to content

Order by December 10 for delivery before Christmas. Shop gifts

Made to work together, like hands, like feet.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.1

The source

"Made to work together, like hands, like feet." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 2.1. Translated by George Long, 1862.

"For we are made for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids"

George Long, 1862, Meditations 2.1.

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 "Made to work together, like hands, like feet."?
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 2.1.
What is the original wording?
For we are made for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.

Filed under Character.

More from Marcus Aurelius