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Epictetus
A Roman emperor best known for writing the Meditations, a journal of practical exercises derived from Stoic philosophy and especially Epictetus, whom Mr Biswas reads throughout his life.
Marcus Aurelius Quotes in A House for Mr Biswas
The A House for Mr Biswas quotes below are all either spoken by Marcus Aurelius or refer to Marcus Aurelius. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 1
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Mr Biswas never went to work on the estates. Events which were to occur presently led him away from that. They did not lead him to riches, but made it possible for him to console himself in later life with the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, while he rested on the Slumberking bed in the one room which contained most of his possessions.
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Marcus Aurelius Term Timeline in A House for Mr Biswas
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Part 1, Chapter 3: The Tulsis
...coming to Aryan Association meetings and invited a handful of Aryans to tea, giving them Marcus Aurelius ’ Meditations, Epictetus’s Discourses, and various “other booklets” before she left. These booklets soon littered...
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Part 2, Chapter 1: “Amazing Scenes”
...listing some of the authors he read. The editor smiled when he mentioned Samuel Smiles, Marcus Aurelius , and Epictetus, asking if he read them for pleasure, and Mr Biswas replied that...
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