The actions of an uninstructed man

 The George Long translation of 1862:

What is there strange, if the man who has not been instructed does the acts of an uninstructed man?  Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 9.

Chrystal's 2017 rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742:

Is it strange or evil that the man untaught acts after his kind? Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 9.


Image: Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria in the 2009 film "Agora", courtesy of 20th Century Fox.


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