Marcus Aurelius→Marcus Cornelius Fronto|c. 162 AD|Marcus Cornelius Fronto|From Rome (career hub)|To Rome (career hub)|AI-assisted
So my teacher will now be my advocate too. I can certainly feel secure, since I have followed the two things dearest to my mind: true reason and your opinion. May the gods grant that whatever I do, my teacher, I may always do with your approving judgment.
You see how late I am writing back to you. After consulting with my friends up to this very hour, I carefully gathered the points that had moved us, so that I could write them out for my lord and make him present with us in this matter too. Only then shall I have confidence in our decisions, when they have been approved by him. I will show Faustina at once the speech in which you defended our case, and I will thank her because this business gave me the chance to read such a letter from you. Good and best teacher, farewell.
to my master. So my master will now be my advocate also! Of a truth I can feel easy in my mind, when I have followed the two guides dearest to my heart, right reason and your opinion. God grant that whatever I do I may always do with your favourable endorsement, my master. You see how late I am writing my answer to you. For after a consultation with my Friends up to this moment, I have carefully collected all the points which weighed with us, so as to write fully to my Lord, and make him our assessor in this business also. Then only shall I have confidence in our decision, when it has been approved by him. The "speech " in which you have advocated our cause, I will shew at once to Faustina, and will tender her thanks because as an outcome of that business it has been my lot to read such a letter from you. Good master, best of masters, farewell.
ad Anton.Imp. 2.2 [95 Hout; 2.96 Haines]
Rescriptum magistro suo.
1 Ergo magister meus jam nobis et patronus erit! Equidem possum securus esse, cum duas res animo meo carissumas secutus sim, rationem veram et sententiam tuam. Di velint, ut semper, quod agam, secundo judicio tuo, mi magister, agam.
2 Vides quid horae tibi rescribam. Nam post consultationem amicorum in hoc tempus collegi sedulo ea, quae nos moverant, ut domino meo prescriberem faceremque eum nobis in isto quoque negotio praesentem. Tum demum ἐγὼ θαρσήσω τοῖς βεβουλευμένοις, cum fuerint ab illo comprobata. Orationem qua causam nostram defendisti Faustinae comfestim ostendam et agam gratias ei, quod mihi talis epistula tua legenda ex isto negotio nata est. Bone et optime magister, vale.
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So my teacher will now be my advocate too. I can certainly feel secure, since I have followed the two things dearest to my mind: true reason and your opinion. May the gods grant that whatever I do, my teacher, I may always do with your approving judgment.
You see how late I am writing back to you. After consulting with my friends up to this very hour, I carefully gathered the points that had moved us, so that I could write them out for my lord and make him present with us in this matter too. Only then shall I have confidence in our decisions, when they have been approved by him. I will show Faustina at once the speech in which you defended our case, and I will thank her because this business gave me the chance to read such a letter from you. Good and best teacher, farewell.
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ad Anton.Imp. 2.2 [95 Hout; 2.96 Haines] Rescriptum magistro suo. 1 Ergo magister meus jam nobis et patronus erit! Equidem possum securus esse, cum duas res animo meo carissumas secutus sim, rationem veram et sententiam tuam. Di velint, ut semper, quod agam, secundo judicio tuo, mi magister, agam. 2 Vides quid horae tibi rescribam. Nam post consultationem amicorum in hoc tempus collegi sedulo ea, quae nos moverant, ut domino meo prescriberem faceremque eum nobis in isto quoque negotio praesentem. Tum demum ἐγὼ θαρσήσω τοῖς βεβουλευμένοις, cum fuerint ab illo comprobata. Orationem qua causam nostram defendisti Faustinae comfestim ostendam et agam gratias ei, quod mihi talis epistula tua legenda ex isto negotio nata est. Bone et optime magister, vale.